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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2011
Jie Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
BO Yi, Shanghai, CN;
Changsheng Wu, Shanghai, CN;
Zhirong Tang, Shanghai, CN;
Qiyi Luo, Shanghai, CN;
Jie Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Bo Yi, Shanghai, CN;
Changsheng Wu, Shanghai, CN;
Zhirong Tang, Shanghai, CN;
Qiyi Luo, Shanghai, CN;
SHANGHAI MICROPORT MEDICAL (GROUP) CO., LTD., Pudong New Area, Shanghai, CN;
Abstract
A method and a device for loading a medical appliance with a medicament and/or polymer includes capturing images of a plurality of grooves or holes of the medical appliance using an image capturing device; performing digital image processing on the image of each of the grooves or holes to obtain a pattern of each of the grooves or holes; calculating a central position of the pattern of each of the grooves or holes, and determining a loading position of each of the grooves or holes based on the central position; and adjusting a relative position between a loading device and the medical appliance to align an outlet of the loading device with the loading position of the medical appliance, and loading each of the grooves or holes with the medicament and/or polymer. The method and device can load the medical appliance with the medicament and/or polymer fast and efficiently.