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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2006
Hancun Chen, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Scott Larson, Saint Louis Park, MN (US);
Jason Romanowski, Richfield, MN (US);
Ryan Messer, Rogers, MN (US);
Hancun Chen, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Scott Larson, Saint Louis Park, MN (US);
Jason Romanowski, Richfield, MN (US);
Ryan Messer, Rogers, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
An elongate medical device including a coating extending over a portion of the elongate medical device having a plurality of apertures formed thereon and a method of applying a coating to such an elongate medical device are disclosed. Prior to applying a coating to the elongate medical device, a removable liquid is dispensed in the plurality of apertures. Subsequently, the removable liquid is removed from the plurality of apertures, leaving the plurality of apertures free of, unobstructed by, or otherwise not filled with the coating.