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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alistair Stewart Taylor, Surrey, GB;
Lee Alan Tollhurst, Surrey, GB;
Donal Thomas Hempensall, Uxbridge, GB;
Assignee:
Biocompatibles Limited, Surrey, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 3/02 ;
Abstract
The invention provides an apparatus for coating tubular members, such as stents, and also provides a method for coating tubular members. The invention improves manufacturing efficiencies of existing manual-dipping technology for stents and also addresses manufacturing problems from stents having plural surface apertures associated with the presence of excess liquid, inconsistent drying of the liquid and blockage.