US Patent Issued to Professional Plating on April 7 for "Microminiature patterned metal on flexing interventional surgical substrates" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,174, issued on April 7, was assigned to Professional Plating Inc. (Anoka, Minn.).

"Microminiature patterned metal on flexing interventional surgical substrates" was invented by Craig A. Ingalls (Burnsville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base interventional surgical device which flexes during use (ISDFU) is coated with powder coated epoxy and cured. Selected areas of the maskant are removed by laser ablation using a computer numerically controlled galvo, while holding/moving the part with a CNC robot so laser ablation can be performed on any surface while that surface is oriented normal to the laser beam. A radiopaque metal i...