METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING MEDICAL SUPPORT DEVICES

摘要

Method for producing a coated medical support device capable of insertion into the body, the method including the procedures of applying a coating to a section of a work piece (210), position the work-piece (210) in the vicinity of an electromagnetic field generator, and substantially proximate a forming mandrel (204), inducing electromagnetic forces in the work-piece (210) which accelerate the work-piece (210) toward the forming mandrel (204), and forming the work-piece (210) to a medical support device, by changing the original physical configuration of the work-piece (210) to a second physical configuration, the forming mandrel having a mandrel physical configuration, the second physical configuration being influenced by the mandrel physical configuration.