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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2009
Syed F. A. Hossainy, Fremont, CA (US);
Gordon Stewart, San Francisco, CA (US);
Srinivasan Sridharan, Bel Air, MD (US);
Arkady Kokish, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Klaus Kleine, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Benjamyn Serna, Gilroy, CA (US);
Bjorn G. Svensson, Gilroy, CA (US);
Syed F. A. Hossainy, Fremont, CA (US);
Gordon Stewart, San Francisco, CA (US);
Srinivasan Sridharan, Bel Air, MD (US);
Arkady Kokish, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Klaus Kleine, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Benjamyn Serna, Gilroy, CA (US);
Bjorn G. Svensson, Gilroy, CA (US);
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A mask for masking a stent during a coating procedure may include a mask body that has a negative pattern or an approximate negative pattern of a stent pattern being masked by the mask body. An apparatus for selectively coating a predetermined portion of a medical article may include a dispenser of a coating composition, a mask, a device for creating a relative movement between the mask and the medical article.