Tubular component design and method of manufacture
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsBRIAN J. HANSON, STEVEN KOCH
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a medical device is disclosed. The method comprises laser cutting a tubular member. The tubular member may have an inner surface, an outer surface and a tubular wall defining a thickness extending therebetween. The method may also include laser cutting the member. Laser cutting may include removing a portion of the thickness of the tubular wall at one or more discrete locations along the tubular wall. The method may also include chemically etching the one or more discrete locations to form a slot within the tubular wall at the one or more discrete locations along the tubular member.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing a medical device, the method comprising:
- laser cutting a tubular member, the tubular member having an inner surface, an outer surface and a tubular wall defining a thickness extending therebetween, wherein laser cutting the member includes removing a portion of the thickness of the tubular wall at one or more discrete locations along the tubular member;
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- chemically etching the one or more discrete locations to form a slot within the tubular wall at the one or more discrete locations along the tubular member.
A method of manufacturing a medical device, the method comprising:
- laser cutting a tubular member, the tubular member having an inner diameter, an outer diameter and a tubular wall defining a thickness, wherein laser cutting the member includes removing a portion of the thickness of the tubular wall to form one or more cavities in the tubular wall;
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- chemically etching the tubular member to form a slot within the tubular wall at the one or more cavities along the tubular member.
A medical device, comprising:
- an elongate shaft including a tubular member, the tubular member having an inner surface, an outer surface, a tubular wall extending between the outer surface and the inner surface and a plurality of slots extending from the outer surface to the inner surface;
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- wherein the plurality of slots are created by laser cutting one or more cavities in the tubular wall at one or more discrete locations along the outer surface of the tubular member and chemically etching the one or more cavities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.