Lumen support for welding

US6837897B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Scimed Life Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Thomas J. Holman · Minneapolis, US
• Kristi Flury · Maple Grove, US
• Scott A. Olson · Zimmerman, US
• Jan Seppala · Maple Grove, US
• Richard Dunn · Brooklyn Park, US
• Gina L. Sandvick · Eden Prairie, US
• Fernando DiCaprio · Mendota Heights, US
• Justin Plessel · Fridley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 24, 2001
• Grant date: Jan 4, 2005
• Expiry date: Mar 13, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B29L2031/7543
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

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.