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- Patent Title: Method and device for determining surface characteristics of stents, and stent having defined surface characteristics
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Application No.: US14371719Application Date: 2012-12-20
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Publication No.: US10088403B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Arik Zucker , Stefano Buzzi , Armin W. Mäder , Vincent Milleret
- Applicant: Arik Zucker , Stefano Buzzi , Armin W. Mäder , Vincent Milleret
- Applicant Address: CH
- Assignee: QVANTEQ AG
- Current Assignee: QVANTEQ AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH
- Agency: Ostrolenk Faber LLP
- Priority: CH0049/12 20120111
- International Application: PCT/EP2012/076426 WO 20121220
- International Announcement: WO2013/104512 WO 20130718
- Main IPC: G01N13/00
- IPC: G01N13/00 ; G01N13/02 ; A61F2/00 ; A61F2/89 ; A61F2/95 ; A61F2/86
Abstract:
A method and a device that determines surface characteristics of a stent to be implanted in a lumen in a body in which a wetting behavior of a stent surface serves as measure for the surface characteristics of the stent surface. In order to determine the wetting behavior, a course of a wetting force along a length of the stent surface is determined, the wetting power between the stent surface and a liquid surface being detected along the length of the stent.
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