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US 2007/0178129 A1Published application
Bioabsorbable metal medical device and method of manufacture
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorAiden Flanagan
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for processing a medical device formed from a bioabsorbable metallic material. The method begins by generating a beam of radiation onto the bioabsorbable metallic material. The radiation beam is transmitted through a fluid medium and onto a heat affected zone (HAZ) of the bioabsorbable metallic material to thereby cool the HAZ and reduce a concentration of oxygen surrounding the HAZ.
Claims17
A method of processing a medical device formed from a bioabsorbable metallic material, comprising:
- generating a beam of radiation onto the bioabsorbable metallic material;
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- transmitting the radiation beam through a fluid medium and onto a heat affected zone (HAZ) of the bioabsorbable metallic material to thereby cool the HAZ and reduce a concentration of oxygen surrounding the HAZ.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.