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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas E Sloane, Jr, West Redding, CT (US);
Zinovy Altman, Bristol, CT (US);
Anthony Y Van Heugten, Longboat Key, FL (US);
Assignee:
Critikon, Inc., Tampa, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 22 ; 21912169 ; 264 25 ; 264162 ; 604264 ;
Abstract
A process and product and apparatus are disclosed wherein a laser is used to form a conical tapered tip on a catheter product. The catheter is placed on an insertion needle prior to the formation process, thus eliminating the problems associated with wearing out forming tooling. The process and product further call for the use of the laser to create a surface effect on the cannula to indicate the terminus of the catheter.