Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Coating medical devices
- Patent Title (中): 涂层医疗器械
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Application No.: US11390606Application Date: 2006-03-28
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Publication No.: US08028646B2Publication Date: 2011-10-04
- Inventor: David Y. H. Pui , Da-Ren Chen
- Applicant: David Y. H. Pui , Da-Ren Chen
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
- Current Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agency: Mueting Raasch & Gebhardt, P.A.
- Main IPC: B05C7/02
- IPC: B05C7/02

Abstract:
Methods and systems for coating at least a portion of a medical device (e.g., a stent structure) include providing a plurality of coating particles (e.g., monodisperse coating particles) in a defined volume. For example, the particles may be provided using one or more nozzle structures, wherein each nozzle structure includes at least one opening terminating at a dispensing end. The plurality of coating particles may be provided in the defined volume by dispensing a plurality of microdroplets having an electrical charge associated therewith from the dispensing ends of the one or more nozzle structures through use of a nonuniform electrical field between the dispensing ends and the medical device. Electrical charge is concentrated on the particle as the microdroplet evaporates. With a plurality of coating particles provided in the defined volume, such particles can be moved towards at least one surface of the medical device to form a coating thereon (e.g., using an electric field and/or a thermophoretic effect).
Public/Granted literature
- US20060177573A1 Coating medical devices Public/Granted day:2006-08-10
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