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US 6,971,813 B2Granted
Contact coating of prostheses
AssigneeLabcoat, Ltd.
InventorsAvraham Shekalim, Eyal Teichman
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for coating prostheses via contact patterning with an applicator. Applicators can include rollers, tampons, and ribbons. Coating materials include a variety of substances including polymers and therapeutic agents.
Claims10
An apparatus for applying a coating, comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical housing having an interior portion;
- a rotor cap disposed in the interior portion of the housing, the rotor cap comprising a central axis portion and at least one roller arranaed around the central axis portion of the rotor cap;
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- a sponge holder capable of being disposed in the interior portion of the housing, the sponge holder having a cavity to receive the rotor cap,
- wherein the at least one roller is mounted on at least one elastic arm that urges the at least one roller away from the central axis portion.
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An apparatus for applying a coating, comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical housing having an interior portion;
- a rotor cap disposed in the interior portion of the housing, the rotor cap comprising a central axis portion and at least one roller arranged around the central axis portion of the rotor cap;
- a sponge holder capable of being disposed in the interior portion of the housing, the sponge holder having a cavity to receive the rotor cap, wherein the sponge holder comprises a sponge cartridge to carry a coating material;
- and
- a pusher to position the sponge holder within the housing so as to receive the rotor cap,
- wherein the sponge cartridge contacts the at least one roller when the rotor cap is positioned within the cavity of the sponge holder, and
- wherein the at least one roller is urged toward the central axis portion when the rotor cap is positioned within the cavity of the sponge holder.
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An apparatus for applying a coating, comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical housing having an interior portion;
- a rotor cap disposed in the interior portion of the housing, the rotor cap comprising a central axis portion and at least one roller arranged around the central axis portion of the rotor cap;
- a sponge holder capable of being disposed in the interior portion of the housing, the sponge holder having a cavity to receive the rotor cap, wherein the sponge holder comprises a sponge cartridge to carry a coating material;
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- a pusher to position the sponge holder within the housing so as to receive the rotor cap;
- a stent mounted on a balloon catheter disposed in the central axis portion of the rotor cap,
- wherein the sponge cartridge contacts the at least one roller when the rotor cap is positioned within the cavity of the sponge holder, and
- wherein the at least one roller is urged into contact with an exterior surface of the stent by the sponge holder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.