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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2006
Louise Corcoran, Stuttgart, DE;
Lorcan Coffey, Tuebingen, DE;
Andrew Jeffrey, Tuebingen, DE;
Hartmut Gratwohl, Zimmern, DE;
Günter Lorenz, Tübingen, DE;
Louise Corcoran, Stuttgart, DE;
Lorcan Coffey, Tuebingen, DE;
Andrew Jeffrey, Tuebingen, DE;
Hartmut Gratwohl, Zimmern, DE;
Günter Lorenz, Tübingen, DE;
Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of thermal treatment of thermally responsive material wherein areas in or on the material to be thermally treated are defined and thermal energy is inputted on or into the defined areas in order to change/influence the material characteristics. The present invention further relates to medical devices or parts thereof manufactured at least in part from thermally responsive material by a process comprising at least one step of thermal treatment of this thermally responsive material.