Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

Arthur J Wen

Anh Tran

Syed F A Hossainy

Charles W Snyder

Domingo S Madriaga

Jessica G Chiu

Lara K Suh

A support assembly for a stent and a method of using the same to coat a stent are provided. The support assembly provides for minimum contact between the stent and the support assembly so as to reduce or eliminate coating defects.

Support assembly for stent coating

Stent support assembly and coating method

A mounting assembly for a stent and a method of coating a stent using the assembly are provided.

Mounting assembly for a stent and a method of using the same to coat a stent

The present invention provides a square-wave laser seal pattern made by first directing a laser beam onto an shaft while the shaft is moving in a horizontal direction relative to a laser device so as to create a horizontal laser seal bond segment. Next, with the shaft rotating about a shaft longitudinal axis, the laser beam is directed onto the shaft so as to create a vertical laser seal bond segment. By alternately creating and coupling together a plurality of horizontal and vertical laser seal bond segments, a square-wave laser seal is formed around a circumference of the shaft. The shaft's movement in a horizontal direction relative to a laser beam may be either at a constant speed or a variable speed so as to control the amount of laser energy heat impacting the shaft material.

Square-wave laser bonding

Support assembly for a stent

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Arthur J Wen