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US 2011/0030876 A1Published application
Medical devices and methods of making the same
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorBLANE LARSON
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Abstract
Medical devices and related methods are disclosed.
Claims20
A method of making a catheter, the method comprising:
- overlapping a first component of the catheter and a second component of the catheter;
- and
- applying infrared radiation and visible light to the first and second components to align the first and second components.
A method of making a catheter, the method comprising:
- joining a first component of the catheter and a second component of the catheter;
- applying a first form of electromagnetic radiation to the first and second components, the first form of electromagnetic radiation being capable of penetrating through at least one of the first and second components;
- and
- applying a second form of electromagnetic radiation to the first and second components, the second form of electromagnetic radiation being capable of reflecting from at least one of the first and second components.
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A method of making a catheter, the method comprising:
- applying infrared radiation to an overlapping region of a first component of the catheter and a second component of the catheter, the first and second components having different colors;
- penetrating at least one of the first and second components with the infrared radiation;
- applying visible light to the overlapping region;
- reflecting the visible light from at least one of the first and second components;
- and
- forming a lap weld between the first and second components, the lap weld having a predetermined tolerance of less than about two millimeters.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.