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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:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2004
Applicants:
Grayson Morris, San Francisco, CA (US);
Svava Maria Atladottir, San Francisco, CA (US);
Carla Pienknagura, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Grayson Morris, San Francisco, CA (US);
Svava Maria Atladottir, San Francisco, CA (US);
Carla Pienknagura, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The apparatus and method use an optical feedback system to align a brush assembly with a stent strut. Once alignment is achieved, a coating is dispensed onto the stent strut via the brush assembly and the brush assembly is moved along the stent strut to coat the stent strut.