Patent ID: 7038162

Claim:
A hand-held laser fusion welding assembly, comprising: a main body dimensioned to be grasped by a hand and having a plurality of filler media delivery flow passages formed in and extending through the main body, each main body filler media flow passage having an inlet port and an outlet port, the main body adapted to couple to at least a laser delivery system, and each main body filler media delivery flow passage adapted to receive a filler media therein; and a nozzle coupled to the main body, the nozzle having at least an aperture through which laser light from the laser delivery system may pass, and a plurality of filler media delivery flow passages each having an inlet port and an outlet port, each nozzle filler media inlet port in fluid communication with a main body filler media delivery flow passage outlet port, and each nozzle filler media outlet port spaced around the aperture, each nozzle filler media delivery flow passage formed in and extending through the nozzle and configured to supply filler media to a workpiece.