Coating apparatus – Work surface shields – masks or protectors
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-14
2011-10-25
Tadesse, Yewebdar (Department: 1717)
Coating apparatus
Work surface shields, masks or protectors
C118S313000, C118S307000, C118S320000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08042487
ABSTRACT:
A system for coating implantable medical devices, such as stents, and a method of coating stents using the system is also disclosed. The system includes a barrier or barriers for isolating an area of the stent on which a composition for coating a stent is applied. Two coating compositions can be applied simultaneously to a stent by separate nozzles on different sides of a barrier. Cross-contamination of the compositions is prevented by the barrier.
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Advanced Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
Tadesse Yewebdar
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