Patent ID: 7247338
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: A61F,A61L,B05B,B05D

Abstract:
1. A method of coating at least a portion of a medical device, the method comprising: providing a medical device in a defined volume, wherein the medical device comprises at least one surface; providing a plurality of monodisperse coating particles by electrospray in the defined volume, wherein the plurality of monodisperse coating particles have a nominal diameter of less than 10 micrometers and a geometrical standard deviation of less than 1.2, wherein providing the plurality of monodisperse coating particles comprises providing an electrical charge on the plurality of monodisperse coating particles, and further wherein providing the plurality of monodisperse coating particles comprises: moving a plurality of the coating particles towards the at least one surface of the medical device to form a coating thereon.