System and method for attaching a substantially three dimensional structure to a substantially two dimensional structure
AssigneeE-Cath, Inc.
InventorsHarold B. Kent, Steven T. Kent
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Abstract
A method and system for transporting a fluid, gas, semi-solid, cryogen, or particulate matter, or combination thereof, between a three-dimensional structure and a substantially two-dimensional structure is disclosed. A system and method for electrically coupling a three-dimensional structure to a substantially two dimensional structure is also disclosed.
Claims16
A method for transporting a fluid, gas, semi-solid, cryogen, particulate matter, or combinations thereof, between a three dimensional structure and a substantially two dimensional structure, comprising:
- providing a hollow member having a removable material disposed therein, said hollow member associated with a three-dimensional structure associated with an electrically conductive element, a fluidically conductive element, or a combination thereof;
- associating the hollow member with a hollow transfer passage of a substantially two-dimensional structure;
- covering the hollow member, and at least one of the two-dimensional structure and the three-dimensional structure with a substance;
- removing the removable material to define a passage in communication with the hollow transfer passage of the substantially two-dimensional structure and the hollow member of the three-dimensional structure through the substance.
A system for transporting a fluid, gas, semi-solid, cryogen, particulate, or combinations thereof, and for establishing a fluidic or hollow connection between two structures comprising:
- a three dimensional structure having a plurality of conductive elements associated therewith, said conductive elements each having a channel for transporting materials therealong;
- a removable material disposed within the channel of the conductive elements and coupled to the substantially two-dimensional structure, the removable material being covered with a substance such that when the material is removed, a hollow transfer passage is defined,
- wherein the substance mechanically connects one of the conductive passageways in the substantially two-dimensional structure to the passageways in the three-dimensional structure.
A system for electrically coupling a three dimensional structure to a substantially two-dimensional structure comprising:
- a three-dimensional conductive structure;
- a substantially two-dimensional conductive structure;
- means for electrically coupling the substantially two dimensional conductive structure to the three-dimensional conductive structure along an attached section while maintaining flexibility of the three-dimensional structure and promoting mechanical retention of the three dimensional structure to the two dimensional structure.
A system for electrically coupling a three dimensional structure to a substantially two-dimensional structure comprising:
- a tubular coil of conductive elements that are selectively electrically isolated from one another;
- a dielectric substrate sized and shaped to come into proximity with at least a portion of the tubular coil;
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- a connection pad having a connection material disposed thereon positioned on the dielectric substrate, the connection material for coupling the conductive elements to the dielectric substrate.
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A method for electrically coupling a three-dimensional structure to a substantially two-dimensional structure comprises:
- providing the system of claim 11,
- positioning the three-dimensional structure in the vicinity of the two-dimensional structure;
- coupling the two dimensional structure to the three-dimensional structure for communication of the elements therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.