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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2001
Thomas J. Holman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kristi Flury, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Scott A. Olson, Zimmerman, MN (US);
Jan Seppala, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Richard Dunn, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Gina L. Sandvick, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Fernando Dicaprio, St. Paul, MN (US);
Justin E. Plessel, Fridley, MN (US);
Thomas J. Holman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kristi Flury, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Scott A. Olson, Zimmerman, MN (US);
Jan Seppala, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Richard Dunn, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Gina L. Sandvick, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Fernando DiCaprio, St. Paul, MN (US);
Justin E. Plessel, Fridley, MN (US);
SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical device comprising a support member adjacent to a first member and a second member, the first and second members may be laser welded to one another by directing radiation absorbable by the first and second members at the first and second members. The support member is provided adjacent to the first member and is constructed and arranged to substantially reflect or substantially transmit radiation at one or more frequencies absorbable by at least one of the first member and the second member.