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US 2022/0226618 A1Published application
Mold for forming solder distal tip for guidewire
AssigneeAbbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
InventorRobert C. Hayzelden
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Abstract
A mold is used to form a solder joint to join the distal end of the guidewire to a wire coil. The mold has a cavity that can have different configurations so that the solder joint can be any of bullet shaped, micro-J shaped, cone shaped, truncated cone shaped, or have a textured surface.
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A method of making a mold for use in forming a solder joint, comprising:
- providing a mold;
- machining a cavity into a first mold section and a second mold section;
- machining the cavity into a micro-J shape so that the cavity in the first mold section is a mirror image of the cavity in the second mold section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.