Device for protecting medical devices during a coating process
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorsMarlene Schwarz, Jan Weber, Henrik Hansen, Paul Lubinsky
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Abstract
Methods and devices for protecting and/or coating medical devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes surrounding a medical device with a cage, the medical device having a surface. The method further includes attaching the medical device to the cage with at least one securement, suspending the medical device in an air stream, the air stream substantially devoid of suspending particles, and coating at least a portion of said surface of said suspended medical device with a first coating material.
Claims19
A protective device for protecting a medical device during a coating process, comprising:
- an open-structure cage non-contactably surrounding a medical device, said cage having at least one contact point;
- a securement in contact with said at least one contact point and adapted to be in contact with the medical device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.