Patent ID: 9072622
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A61F,B05D

Abstract:
1. A method of applying a coating material to struts of a medical device having plural spaces each bounded by several of the struts extending continuously, the coating method comprising: optically scanning an outer surface of the medical device to produce position information identifying positions of the struts; using the position information to calculate a predetermined position in a width direction of the strut; setting an applying manner to apply the coating material based on the predetermined position; setting an applying path accommodating the applying manner; and relatively moving the medical device and an applicator head along the applying path while dispensing the coating material from the applicator head and applying the coating material to the struts; wherein the struts each possess a center line, and the setting of the applying path comprises setting the applying path in a curved portion of each of the struts so that the applying path deviates from a center line of each of said struts in a width-wise direction of the strut, without crossing the center line, and extending from the curved portion of the strut in the width-wise direction.