Coating apparatus – Immersion or work-confined pool type – Work extending through pool-confining wall area
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-31
2006-01-31
Lamb, Brenda A. (Department: 1734)
Coating apparatus
Immersion or work-confined pool type
Work extending through pool-confining wall area
C118S109000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06991681
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and methods for applying a coating to an implantable device. The implantable device can include depots formed in the outer surface thereof to receive the coating. The coating can include a polymer and a solvent applicable to the surface of the implantable device including the depots. The application of the composition is performed under a pressure, which can reduce the surface tension and/or molecular adhesion force of the composition. The reduced surface tension and/or adhesion force allows gas bubbles within the depots to be removed while the composition is being driven into the depots.
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Advanced Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
Lamb Brenda A.
Squire Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
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