Manufacturing medical devices by vapor deposition
CA 2393330 A1 · Owner: Boston Scientific Limited · Inventors: Takeuchi, Makoto; Whitcher, Forrest D.
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A method of forming a medical device, the method including the steps of providing a substrate, depositing a metallic layer on the substrate by a vapor deposition process, and removing the metallic layer from the substrate. The metallic layer thus removed is the medical device or serves as a basis for forming the medical device. In another aspect the present invention includes , a medical device formed by the process of the present invention.
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- Filed January 11, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 11, 2021.
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