Schneider (usa) Inc.

Hutchinson Technology Corporation

Daniel J Klima

Leonard Pinchuk

Suranjan Roychowdhury

Eugen Hofmann

Jennifer E Raeder-Devens

Susanne Hankh

Michael G O'Connor

Jeannine B Baden

Hans Alois Mische

John M Hokanson

Steven P Mertens

Wallace J Devries

A body implantable stent is formed of a plurality of strands arranged in two sets of coaxial helices, wound in opposite directions to form multiple crossings. At selected crossings, the adjacent strands are welded to one another, while at the remaining crossings the strands are free for limited movement relative to one another. The welds are formed in patterns that preferably enhance radial strength and rigidity, while having a minimal impact on axial bending flexibility. Preferred weld patterns in this regard include rings or circumferential rows, and helices, particularly with a steeper pitch than that of the strands. Stent fabrication preferably involves resistance welding at the crossings, and use of a tool to reuniformly compress the stent around and against the distal end region of a balloon catheter used later to deliver the stent to a treatment site.

Process for fabricating a prosthesis

Protheses with selectively welded crossing strands

A micro-cable interconnect comprises a single exterior flexible insulative coating internally containing a plurality of terminally prepared, precisely spaced conductors. The conductors are arranged with a spacing and pitch to identically match spacing and pitch of interconnect zones operatively connected to an integrated circuit or connector, with the conductors constructed and arranged for bonding to the interconnect zones. A method of forming a micro-cable interconnect comprises the steps of:

Micro-cable interconnect

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St. Cloud, MN, United States of America

Daniel J Klima