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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Arik Zucker, Zürich, CH;
Stefano Buzzi, Zürich, CH;
Armin W. Mäder, Richterswil, CH;
Vincent Milleret, Zürich, CH;
Inventors:
Arik Zucker, Zürich, CH;
Stefano Buzzi, Zürich, CH;
Armin W. Mäder, Richterswil, CH;
Vincent Milleret, Zürich, CH;
Assignee:
QVANTEQ AG, , CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 13/00 (2006.01); G01N 13/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 13/00 (2013.01); A61F 2/0077 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); G01N 13/02 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0086 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61F 2240/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a device that determines surface characteristics of a stent to be implanted in a lumen in a body in which a wetting behavior of a stent surface serves as measure for the surface characteristics of the stent surface. In order to determine the wetting behavior, a course of a wetting force along a length of the stent surface is determined, the wetting power between the stent surface and a liquid surface being detected along the length of the stent.