Stent manufacture

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2007-04-24

2007-04-24

Bell, Bruce F. (Department: 1746)

Chemistry: electrical and wave energy

Apparatus

Electrolytic

C204S288000, C204S297010, C204S297060, C204S297070, C204S297080

Reexamination Certificate

active

10456401

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides improvements in methods for the manufacture of stents. Specifically, the invention provides methods wherein stents are placed on jigs of various designs which facilitate manufacture, stents carried by the jigs are immersed in liquid baths which contain an electrolyte, the stents are urged into contact with their associated electrodes while current is applied to those electrodes, and wherein the positions of contact between the stents and their respective electrodes are altered during processing without removing the stents from the jig. The method is applicable for electropolishing and electro-plating.

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