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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:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
Applicants:
Thomas C. Eidenschink, Rogers, MN (US);
Eric B. Stenzel, Tuam, IE;
Inventors:
Thomas C. Eidenschink, Rogers, MN (US);
Eric B. Stenzel, Tuam, IE;
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 11/00 (2006.01); B23P 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a medical device, such as an endoprosthesis, includes reducing the size of the medical device, and vibrating the device. In embodiments, the device is vibrated ultrasonically.