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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2022
Applicant:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

Xiangnan He, Chandler, AZ (US);

David A. Ruben, Mesa, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/122 (2014.01); B23K 26/046 (2014.01); B23K 26/0622 (2014.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01); B23K 26/12 (2014.01); B23K 26/352 (2014.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/0622 (2015.10); B23K 26/046 (2013.01); B23K 26/0624 (2015.10); B23K 26/082 (2015.10); B23K 26/122 (2013.01); B23K 26/127 (2013.01); B23K 26/355 (2018.08); A61N 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes an energy source, a focusing system, and a controller. The energy source is configured to output energy pulses to the focusing system. A chamber surrounds at least a portion of a metallic substrate and contain a liquid in contact with a surface of the metallic substrate. The controller is configured to cause the energy source to output energy pulses and cause the focusing system to focus a focal volume of the energy pulses at or near the surface of the metallic substrate that is in contact with the liquid to create micro-scale or smaller surface texturing on the metallic substrate.


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