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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2023
Heraeus Medical Components Llc, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jack Dant, St. Paul, MN (US);
Mark Erie, Chaska, MN (US);
David Johnson, Saint Louis Park, MN (US);
Trent Birkholz, Excelsior, MN (US);
Eric Lundequam, Hopkins, MN (US);
Heraeus Medical Components LLC, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
One aspect is a method of forming a wire, including providing a first wire section comprising a first material, providing a second wire section comprising a second material different from the first material, cooling a joining section that comprises a superelastic material, inserting the first and second wire sections into the joining section, and allowing the joining section to warm such that it compresses on to both the first and second wire section thereby joining them together.