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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:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Duane L Rosenberg, Columbia Heights, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-1 ; 606191 ; 607121 ; 607 36 ; 427-224 ;
Abstract
An implantable medical device formed from a drawn refractory metal and having an improved biocompatible surface is described. The method by which the device is made includes coating a refractory metal article with platinum by a physical vapor deposition process and subjecting the coating article to drawing in a diamond die. The drawn article can be incorporated into an implantable medical device without removing the deposited metal.
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