Patent ID: 7419563
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: A61M,B29C,B29K,B29L

Abstract:
1. A method of making a medical device having a first component and a second component, the method comprising: holding the first component and the second component with a fixture, the first and second components being non-coaxial and in mutual contact at a contact area, the fixture comprising a first section and a second section configured to hold the first and second components, the first section having a first mating surface and the second section having a second mating surface that contacts the first mating surface when the sections cooperate to hold the components together; and while holding the first component and second component in mutual contact within the fixture, directing electromagnetic radiation at the contact area to join the first and second components together in at least a portion of the contact area and flowing a coolant through the fixture to maintain the fixture at a temperature while joining the first and second components.