Patent ID: 9254202
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: A61F,A61L,B01D

Claim Text:
1. A method for loading a beneficial agent into a medical device, the method comprising: mounting the medical device over a mandrel, the medical device including a plurality of through-holes extending through a thickness of a wall of the medical device from a first side to a second side, the mandrel having an resilient outer jacket; sealing one of the plurality of through-holes at the first side of the respective through-hole with the resilient outer jacket of the mandrel to substantially prevent a beneficial agent from leaking at an interface of the resilient outer jacket and the medical device to prevent the beneficial agent from passing to the first side of the respective through-hole; at least partially filling the respective through-hole with the beneficial agent delivered from an automated micro-jetting dispenser; substantially solidifying the beneficial agent; and removing the resilient outer jacket of the mandrel from the respective through-hole.