Title :
Laser micromachining in medical device manufacturing
Author :
Christensen, C.Paul
Author_Institution :
Potomac Photonic Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
Abstract :
Laser-based tools can provide fabrication alternatives that are particularly valuable at small spatial scales. In many applications they are essential to success of the product. For example, lasers are now used in the fabrication of stents, catheters, fluid flow control components, lenses and haptics, miniature flex circuits, and wire assemblies
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; laser beam machining; micromachining; catheters; fluid flow control components; haptics; laser micromachining; laser-based tools; lenses; medical device manufacturing; miniature flex circuits; spatial scales; stents; wire assemblies; Assembly; Catheters; Flexible electronics; Fluid flow control; Haptic interfaces; Lenses; Manufacturing; Micromachining; Optical device fabrication; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.739806
