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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:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Domingo S. Madriaga, San Jose, CA (US);
Anh Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Arthur J. Wen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Domingo S. Madriaga, San Jose, CA (US);
Anh Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Arthur J. Wen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/02 (2006.01); B05D 3/12 (2006.01); B05B 13/04 (2006.01); B05C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A support assembly for a stent and a method of using the same to coat a stent are provided. The support assembly provides for minimum contact between the stent and the support assembly so as to reduce or eliminate coating defects.