Patent ID: 6107004
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: A61M,C23F

Abstract:
A method for making a tubular medical device comprising:providing a print head adjacent a tube sized for intraluminal insertion in a human body, the tube including a cylindrical outer surface;rotating the tube relative to print head, the tube being rotated about a central longitudinal axis of the tube;printing a pattern of etch resistant material on the cylindrical outer surface of the tube by applying the pattern of etch resistant material from the print head onto the cylindrical outer surface of the tube in coordination with the rotation of the tube, wherein the rotation of the tube relative to the print head allows the pattern of etch resistant material to be printed about an entire circumference of the tube; andetching the tube such that portions of the tube that are not covered by the pattern of etch resistant material are etched away.