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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2023
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 elongate medical devices including internal components embedded between multiple jacket layers. The system including a heating cartridge, a heating element, a filament handling system, a substrate handling system, and a controller to feed and melt each of the filaments for forming the multiple jacket layers. The system may include a single heating cartridge adapted to make multiple passes to form a first and second jacket or multiple heating cartridges that sequentially form a first and second jacket.