Soldering leads to pads in producing basket catheter

A system, comprising:

• a fixture;
• a laser assembly;
• a stage which is configured to move the fixture relative to the laser assembly;
• a soldering gun;
• a camera configured to capture an image and output image data;
• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, are configured to cause the system to:
• receive the image data from the camera;
• identify, based at least in part on using automatic pattern recognition on the image data, a given soldering pad among multiple soldering pads, wherein the fixture holds (i) a substrate of a distal end assembly of a catheter and (ii) a lead placed on the given soldering pad among multiple soldering pads that are disposed on the substrate;
• cause the stage to move the fixture with the substrate and the lead relative to the laser assembly for marking a soldering position, at which the lead is to be attached to the given soldering pad among the multiple soldering pads;
• cause the laser assembly to emit a laser beam toward the substrate and the given soldering pad among the multiple soldering pads to mark the soldering position with a laser spot of the laser beam;
• cause fully automatic positioning of the laser spot at the soldering position by using the camera to move the stage and fixture;
• cause the soldering gun to move relative to the fixture to the soldering position;
• and
• cause the soldering gun to solder the lead to the given soldering pad among the multiple soldering pads.