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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gonzalo Martinez, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Catherine E. Taylor, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kenneth W. Keeney, Forest Lake Township, MN (US);
Markus Haller, Begnins, CH;
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/04 ; C08J 7/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/04 ; C08J 7/18 ;
Abstract
Coating an implantable device, such as micro electromechanical devices, is highly desirable to protect the implantable device from corrosion. A coating method includes depositing, preferably by plasma glow discharge, a reactant monomer on at least one surface of an implantable device, preferably at ambient temperature. The method will likely decrease the manufacturing time required for assembling such devices because completely assembled devices can be coated.