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US 2023/0095943 A1Published application
Method for selectively pretinning a guidewire core
AssigneeAbbott Cardiovascular System Inc.
InventorsJohn A. Simpson, Jeffrey F. Dooley, Matthew J. Gillick
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Abstract
A method of pretinning a core wire for a guidewire having an elongate axis, comprising placing a ball of solder within a pocket in a soldering block; melting the ball of solder; holding a core wire over the ball of solder, with the elongate axis in a horizontal orientation; lowering a portion of the core wire into the ball of solder while maintaining the elongate axis in a horizontal orientation; removing the core wire from the ball of solder.
Claims13
A method of pretinning a core wire for a guidewire having an elongate axis, comprising:
- placing a ball of solder within a pocket in a soldering block;
- melting the ball of solder;
- holding a core wire over the ball of solder, with the elongate axis in a horizontal orientation;
- lowering a portion of the core wire into the ball of solder while maintaining the elongate axis in a horizontal orientation;
- removing the core wire from the ball of solder.
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