ADDITIVE MANNUFACTURING OF A MEDICAL DEVICE

• Main Authors: ENGLISH, James Michael, MIRIGIAN, Mark David, HANNON, Robert
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 02.06.2022
• Subjects: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; ALLOYS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CASTING; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWDER METALLURGY; PROSTHESES; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; WORKING METALLIC POWDER

An example method for manufacturing an object is disclosed. The example method includes determining the material composition of a base material, wherein determining the material composition of the base material includes determining the relative percentage of a first metal and the relative percentage of a second metal forming the base material. The method further includes selecting a common laser processing wavelength to be used in processing the base material. The method further includes processing the base material with a laser to form a processed material, the laser emits a laser beam matching the common laser processing wavelength during the processing of the base material and the material composition of the processed material is substantially similar to the material composition of the base material. La divulgation concerne un procédé illustratif permettant la fabrication d'un objet. Le procédé illustratif consiste à déterminer la composition d'un matériau de base. La détermination de la composition du matériau de base comprend la détermination du pourcentage relatif d'un premier métal et du pourcentage relatif d'un second métal formant le matériau de base. Le procédé consiste en outre à choisir une longueur d'onde de traitement au laser commune à utiliser dans le traitement du matériau de base. Le procédé consiste en outre à traiter le matériau de base à l'aide d'un laser afin de former un matériau traité, le laser émettant un faisceau laser correspondant à la longueur d'onde de traitement au laser commune pendant le traitement du matériau de base, et la composition du matériau traité étant sensiblement similaire à la composition du matériau de base.