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US 6,696,667 B1Granted
Laser stent cutting
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorAiden Flanagan
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Abstract
A stent may be manufactured by providing a tube having a longitudinal axis therethrough, providing a stationary source of laser radiation, generating a beam of laser radiation using the source of laser radiation, and cutting a desired pattern into the tube by scanning the beam over a desired region of the tube.
Claims19
A method of manufacturing a stent by cutting a desired pattern in a tube comprising the steps of:
- i. providing a tube having a longitudinal axis therethrough;
- ii. providing a stationary source of laser radiation;
- iii. generating a beam of laser radiation using the source of laser radiation;
- iv. cutting a desired pattern into the tube by scanning the beam over a desired region of the tube.
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A method of providing one or more openings in a tube for use in manufacturing a medical device by cutting a desired pattern in the tube comprising the steps of:
- i. providing a tube having a longitudinal axis therethrough;
- ii. providing a stationary source of laser radiation;
- iii. generating a beam of laser radiation using the source of laser radiation;
- iv. cutting a desired pattern into the tube by scanning the beam over a desired region of the tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.