Patents Examined by Kevin King
  • Manufacturing medical devices by vapor deposition
    Patent number: 6938668
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Forrest D. Whicher, Makoto Takeuchi