PROSTHESIS HAVING A COATING AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME

• Main Authors: SAMUEL, NK PETER, FARR, ISAAC, OTIS, DAVID R., JR, BHATHAL, HIRDEY, BOWER, BRADLEY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 15.02.2007
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; ATOMISING APPARATUS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; DYES; FILLING PASTES; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; INKS; LINING MACHINES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; NOZZLES; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POLISHES; PRINTING; PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; PROSTHESES; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; TYPEWRITERS; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

Implantable medical devices (110) such as stents, methods of making medical devices, and systems (100) for making medical devices are disclosed herein. In one exemplary embodiment, medical device includes a stent that is coated at least on a portion of one surface (120) by an ink-jet device (140). L'invention concerne des dispositifs médicaux implantables (110) tels que des stents, des méthodes pour fabriquer des dispositifs médicaux et des systèmes (100) pour fabriquer des dispositifs médicaux. Dans un mode de réalisation à titre d'illustration, ledit dispositif médical inclut un stent pourvu d'un revêtement appliqué, au moins sur une partie d'une surface (120), à l'aide d'un appareil à jet d'encre (140).