Patent ID: 8529983

Claim:
A method of installing an Insertable Medical Device (IMD) on a coating system for coating at least one drug on the IMD, the method comprising: mounting the IMD in the coating system, the coating system comprising a spray nozzle unit, a protection tube holding the IMD and a mandrel fixture, the IMD having a guiding member, a coating member and a supporting member, wherein mounting the IMD comprises: passing the protection tube holding the IMD through the mandrel fixture, wherein the guiding member of the IMD is located within the protection tube and the coating member along with the supporting member protrudes out from the protection tube, and connecting an end of the supporting member with a holder thereby exposing the coating member to the spray nozzle unit for coating the at least one drug on the coating member of the IMD; and coupling an end of the protection tube to a circular disc of the mandrel fixture for installing the IMD.