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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:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Kevin Jow, San Mateo, CA (US);
Daniel A. Castro, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Jow, San Mateo, CA (US);
Daniel A. Castro, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 33/00 (2006.01); B05B 12/08 (2006.01); B23K 26/40 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B 12/084 (2013.01); B23K 26/4065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of coating a stent involves modifying a spray coating parameter until a target mass per coating layer is achieved. A method for coating involves spraying a batch of stents according to spraying parameters that were previously determined to provide a target mass per coating layer.