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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. 21, 2010
Filed:
May. 11, 2007
Applicants:
Darin G. Schaeffer, Bloomington, IN (US);
Randy Joe Myers, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventors:
Darin G. Schaeffer, Bloomington, IN (US);
Randy Joe Myers, Bloomington, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cook Incorporated, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23H 3/02 (2006.01); C25F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electropolishing apparatus and method are provided for polishing stents and other medical implants. The apparatus includes a motor that rotates a roller. The roller continuously rotates the medical implant to be electropolished. One of the advantages of the apparatus and method is that marks generated around the electrical contact between the anode and the medical implant are minimized. In addition, the medical implant is polished more evenly than conventional electropolishing systems.