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Method of thermal treatment of a thermally responsive material of medical devices

US8974426B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

21Claims

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Assignee

Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited · IE

Inventors

Louise Corcoran · Stuttgart, DE
Lorcan Coffey · Tübingen, DE
Andrew Thomas Jeffrey · Lörrach, DE
Hartmut Gratwohl · Camburg, DE
Günter Lorenz · Friedrichsdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 14, 2006
Grant date	Mar 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 1, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T156/1089
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of thermal treatment of thermally responsive material wherein areas in or on the material to be thermally treated are defined and thermal energy is inputted on or into the defined areas in order to change/influence the material characteristics. The present invention further relates to medical devices or parts thereof manufactured at least in part from thermally responsive material by a process comprising at least one step of thermal treatment of this thermally responsive material.

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