Patent ID: 7243408
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process comprising the steps of: a) providing a precursor for an implantable medical device, at least a portion of the precursor made of a shape memory material, the shape memory material having a receptacle for receiving a marker therein, the shape memory material having an austenitic and a martensitic phase, the receptacle having a first shape when there is no marker therein and the shape memory material is in the martensitic phase; b) enlarging the receptacle while the shape memory material is in the martensitic phase; c) subsequently inserting a marker in the receptacle while the shape memory material is in the martensitic phase, the receptacle having a second shape after the marker is inserted into the receptacle, the second shape the same as the first shape; and thereafter d) transforming the precursor to the austenitic phase.