PROCESS FOR SEALING CATHETER TIP TO INSERTION NEEDLE

• Main Authors: ALTMAN, ZINOVY, SLOANE, THOMAS E., JR
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 11.03.1995
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MACHINE TOOLS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

PROCESS FOR SEALING CATHETER TIP TO INSERTION NEEDLE A process is described for sealing a catheter tip to an insertion needle by use of a laser to ablate the end of a polymer catheter material and in the process of ablating the catheter material also provide a seal between the catheter material and...