The Effects of Laser Marking and Symbol Etching on the Fatigue Life of Medical Devices

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="570354.fig.006a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jme/volume-2013/570354/figures/570354.fig.006a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Lettering</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="570354.fig.006b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jme/volume-2013/570354/figures/570354.fig.006b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Close up of “2”</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Laser marked lettering of a component.</table>

Journal of Medical Engineering

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Figure 6: The Effects of Laser Marking and Symbol Etching on the Fatigue Life of Medical Devices 