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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2006
Applicants:
Stephen Hunter Diaz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jeffrey Bruce Anderson, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Hunter Diaz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jeffrey Bruce Anderson, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Innovational Holdings, LLC., New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25F 7/00 (2006.01); C25F 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electropolishing device for polishing a cylindrical medical device such as a stent includes anodes in the form of rollers arranged to contact an exterior surface of the device. A drive mechanism rotates the anodes periodically during the electropolishing process to change a contact point between the anodes and the medical device. A tilting mechanism can also be used for periodically tilting the anodes during the electropolishing process to allow bubbles to escape from one end of the stent.