Patents Assigned to Greatbatch-Globe Tool, Inc.
  • Method of manufacturing a shaped titanium article
    Patent number: 7168142
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a metallic blank into a shaped article useful as an enclosure for an implantable medical device is described. The method entails a plurality of steps in a particular order to obtain certain finish characteristics. Some of them are a surface roughness for bond ability and/or a uniform surface finish on the drawn section of the blank. The preset steps must be completed in a particular order; otherwise the desired characteristics are not provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Greatbatch-Globe Tool, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael R. Nowaczyk