Patent ID: 7569110

Claim:
A system for applying a coating material to a prosthesis having a topological pattern, the system comprising: at least one scanning device for scanning a topological pattern of a prosthesis; at least one coating material applicator movable relative to the prosthesis; and a processing device being programmed with instructions for scanning the topological pattern prior to application of the coating material, instructions for identifying a plurality of coating locations, based on data received from the scanning of the topological pattern, at which the coating material is to be applied to the prosthesis, instructions for calculating a plurality of coating coordinates as a function of the identified plurality of coating locations, instructions for moving the coating material applicator along a motion path with respect to the prosthesis, and instructions for causing the coating material applicator to apply the coating material to the prosthesis at substantially each point on the motion path that corresponds to one of the coating coordinates, wherein the motion path is not a function of the topological pattern.