Patent ID: 8048471

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a coated medical device, said method comprising: (a) applying a coating to at least a portion of a surface of a medical device, said coating including: (i) a binder; (ii) a pigment; and (iii) a plurality of low-friction particles of a low-friction material; (b) curing said applied coating at a designated cure temperature, said curing causing: (i) the binder to form a binder matrix adjacent to the surface of the medical device, said binder matrix including said pigment, and (ii) said plurality of low-friction particles to form an at least partially transparent top coat above said binder matrix including said pigment; and (c) selectively heating a designated quantity of portions of the cured coating such that said pigment of each selectively heated portion of the cured coating is heated above a color shifting temperature to cause said pigment to change from a first color to a second different color without changing functionality of said low-friction material of each selectively heated portion of the cured coating.