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Method for producing a medical instrument

US12102294B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

RICHARD WOLF GMBH · DE

Inventors

Frank Herzog · Lichtenfels, DE
Thomas Thyroff · Michelau, DE
Frank Wehrheim · Bretten, DE
Markus Lienhart · Ottersweier, DE
Artur Reiswich · Gondelsheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 9, 2018
Grant date	Oct 1, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 22, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P10/25
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Methods of manufacturing a medical component include additively manufacturing a medical component at least in part by successive, layer-by-layer, selective exposure and associated successive, layer-by-layer, selective solidification of construction material layers made of a construction material solidifiable with an energy beam. The medical component is insertable at least partially into a body of a living being, and the medical component includes a channel structure that has a tubular channel through which a medium and/or at least one functional element can be passed.

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