Method of Attaching Radiopaque Markers to Intraluminal Medical Devices, and Devices Formed Using the Same
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1. A method of attaching radiopaque markers to an intraluminal medical device frame formed of a superelastic alloy, the method including the steps of:
- providing an intraluminal medical device frame, the frame having first and second open ends, the frame comprising at least one cavity, the cavity defined by the frame, the at least one cavity for receiving a marker element;
providing at least one marker element in said at least one cavity; and
swaging said at least one marker element into said at least one cavity by applying a first force to said frame defining the at least one cavity and to the at least one marker element.
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Abstract
A method of attaching radiopaque markers to an intraluminal medical device frame formed from a shape memory metal or alloy thereof, the process conducted during the shape recovery process of said shape memory metal or alloy thereof.
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1. A method of attaching radiopaque markers to an intraluminal medical device frame formed of a superelastic alloy, the method including the steps of:
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providing an intraluminal medical device frame, the frame having first and second open ends, the frame comprising at least one cavity, the cavity defined by the frame, the at least one cavity for receiving a marker element; providing at least one marker element in said at least one cavity; and swaging said at least one marker element into said at least one cavity by applying a first force to said frame defining the at least one cavity and to the at least one marker element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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- 18. A method providing an intraluminal medical device with higher radiopacity, the intraluminal medical device comprising a frame having first and second open ends, the method comprising the step of inserting at least one radiopaque marker element into at least one housing, the at least one housing defined by said frame of said intraluminal medical device, the frame formed from a shape memory metal or alloy thereof, said inserting step conducted before a shape recovery process of said shape memory metal or alloy thereof.
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