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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2006
Sanjay Shrivastava, Mountain View, CA (US);
Frank Moloney, Ballybane, IE;
Travis Yribarren, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jeffrey Farina, Zionsville, PA (US);
John Thomas, Berwyn, PA (US);
James Young, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Sanjay Shrivastava, Mountain View, CA (US);
Frank Moloney, Ballybane, IE;
Travis Yribarren, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jeffrey Farina, Zionsville, PA (US);
John Thomas, Berwyn, PA (US);
James Young, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Accelent Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for simultaneously electropolishing a plurality of metallic stents. A plurality of elongated members on the apparatus are movably engaged with a plate such that movement of the plate relative to the elongated members causes each of the elongated members to rotate on its respective longitudinal axis when immersed in an electrolytic solution. A continuous cathode is located in close proximity to each of the elongated members when they are immersed in the electrolytic solution.