Patent ID: 6406754
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: B05C,B05D

Abstract:
A longitudinal device selected from the group consisting of catheters and guidewires having one or more intermediate or period portions thereof coated using a process for coating intermediate and discrete discontinuous portions of the longitudinal device, said device free of a coating at the distal tip, the process comprising the steps of:a) providing a chamber adapted to sealably and removably retain part or all of the intermediate portion to be coated along the length of a longitudinal device, and adapted to contain a volume of coating solution sufficient to coat the retained intermediate portion, b) sealably positioning some or all of the intermediate portion of the longitudinal device in the chamber and providing a volume of coating solution in the coating chamber, c) contacting the solution with the intermediate portion, within the chamber, and thereafter removing the solution from contact with the intermediate portion, in a manner sufficient to permit a coating to be retained on the intermediate portion, and d) removing the coated intermediate portion from its sealed relationship within the chamber.