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Method for producing a body implant, assembly consisting of a guide wire and a body implant, and a medical instrument

US10434605B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Admedes Schuessler GmbH · DE

Inventors

Nils-Agne Feth · Waldbronn, DE
Alexander Lange · Kiefersfelden, DE
Ralf Steiner · Buchs, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 22, 2013
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 19, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB23K2101/32
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a body implant comprising the steps of: providing a wire; producing predetermined cuts of the cross section of the wire by means of an ultrashort pulse laser in order to produce a predetermined shape of the body implant. This method can be used to produce, for example, a body implant, an assembly consisting of a guide wire and a body implant, or a medical instrument having a guide wire.

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