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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2007
Tim O'connor, County Galway, IE;
Lijuan He, Bolton, MA (US);
Aiden Flanagan, County Galway, IE;
Anthony Malone, County Galway, IE;
Barry Heaney, County Galway, IE;
Dave Mcmorrow, Galway City, IE;
Tim O'Connor, County Galway, IE;
LiJuan He, Bolton, MA (US);
Aiden Flanagan, County Galway, IE;
Anthony Malone, County Galway, IE;
Barry Heaney, County Galway, IE;
Dave McMorrow, Galway City, IE;
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A method and device for coating a medical device, such as a stent, including rolling the stent against a ribbon or gravure roll impregnated with coating material. The ribbon and gravure roll may include a recessed pattern matching a strut pattern of the stent. The stent may also be rolled against a plate or cylinder while coating material is forced onto the stent through a pattern of holes or openings in the plate or cylinder matching a strut pattern of the stent.