Lumen support for welding
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorsThomas J. Holman, Kristi Flury, Scott A. Olson, Jan Seppala, Richard Dunn, Gina L. Sandvick, Fernando DiCaprio, Justin E. Plessel
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Abstract
A medical device comprising a support member adjacent to a first member and a second member, the first and second members may be laser welded to one another by directing radiation absorbable by the first and second members at the first and second members. The support member is provided adjacent to the first member and is constructed and arranged to substantially reflect or substantially transmit radiation at one or more frequencies absorbable by at least one of the first member and the second member.
Claims23
A medical device comprising:
- a support member, a first tubular member and a second tubular member, the first tubular member being positioned immediately adjacent to at least a portion of the support member, the second tubular member being positioned immediately adjacent to at least a portion of the first tubular member, a portion of the first tubular member being welded to a portion of the second tubular member;
- the support member constructed and arranged to substantially reflect radiation at one or more frequencies absorbable by at least one of the first tubular member and second tubular members;
- wherein the support member is made of a polymeric material having a melt temperature in excess of the melt temperature of the second tubular member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.