US 11,701,160 B2
Planar ferromagnetic coated surgical tip and method for making
Mark Stringham, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Robert R. Scott, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Kent F. Beck, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Phil Eggers, Salt Lake City, UT (US); and Mel Lewis, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Assigned to Domain Surgical, Inc., Billerica, MA (US)
Filed by Domain Surgical, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/506,869.
Application 16/506,869 is a continuation of application No. 14/711,662, filed on May 13, 2015, granted, now 10,357,306.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/996,741, filed on May 14, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2019/0328442 A1, Oct. 31, 2019
Int. Cl. A61B 18/08 (2006.01); C23C 30/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/085 (2013.01) [C23C 30/005 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00929 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00071 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00089 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00148 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/087 (2013.01); A61B 2018/146 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing a surgical tip, the method comprising:
removing a portion of a sheet of substrate material to form a planar strip having a first extension, a second extension, and a proximal end between the first extension and the second extension along a length of the planar strip, the planar strip extends from the first extension to the proximal end such that: 1) a distal portion of a planar substrate of the first extension is elongate along a first direction, and 2) the planar substrate is normal to a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction;
forming a raised portion that extends out from a proximal portion of the planar substrate in the second direction, wherein the proximal portion is curved and coplanar with the distal portion;
plating the first extension such that the raised portion is coated with a ferromagnetic layer; and
bending the planar strip such that the proximal end is out of plane with respect to the distal portion and the proximal portion of the planar substrate.