Patent ID: 9408951
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: A61F,A61L,B23K,C23C

Claim Text:
1. A method of making a medical device or a precursor thereof having a polymer surface, comprising: (a) accelerating a plurality of nanoparticles to a speed of between 100 m/s and 1,000 m/s; and (b) embedding the accelerated nanoparticles into a polymer surface of a medical device or a precursor thereof; and wherein medical device or precursor thereof is a dilatation balloon or precursor thereof, further comprising forming one or more holes in a dilatation balloon and embedding the plurality of nanoparticles into at least one or more surfaces of the one or more holes, further comprising filling the hole with a material, wherein the plurality of nanoparticles or the material filling the hole forms a conductive pathway through the thickness of the dilatation balloon.