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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Eric M. Petersen, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Steven R. Larsen, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); B23K 26/36 (2014.01); B23K 26/40 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2013.01); B23K 26/0006 (2013.01); B23K 26/0084 (2013.01); B23K 26/0624 (2015.10); B23K 26/362 (2013.01); B23K 26/40 (2013.01); A61N 1/056 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); B23K 2203/04 (2013.01); B23K 2203/08 (2013.01); B23K 2203/14 (2013.01); B23K 2203/50 (2015.10);
Abstract
Medical devices may include an electrode that has been processed to increase its surface area. In some cases, an electrode may be processed using an ultrafast laser to produce an electrode surface that includes macrostructures formed within the electrode surface and nanostructures formed on the macrostructures. The nanostructures may be formed of material that was removed from the electrode surface in forming the macrostructures.