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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2021
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jonathan E. Baxter, Fridley, MN (US);
Kristin M. Johnson, Circle Pines, MN (US);
Gregory N. Nesseth, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Jay T. Rassat, Otsego, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for manufacturing an elongate medical device including various surface features. The system including a heating cartridge, a heating element, a filament handling system, a substrate handling system, a controller, and one or more additional components adapted to form the surface features on the medical device. The heating element melts a filament material within the heating cartridge to form a jacket of the medical device and the one or more additional components engages the outer surface of the jacket to create surface features.