Patent ID: 7811623

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a coated medical device including a metal substrate, said method comprising: (a) applying a first coating to a section of an outer surface of the metal substrate of the medical device, said section configured to contact tissue of a body during a medical procedure, said first coating including: (i) a first binder, (ii) a first pigment of a first color, and (iii) a plurality of particles of a first low-friction material; (b) at least partially curing said first coating; (c) heating a first portion of the first coating applied to the outer surface of the medical device to remove the first portion of the first coating, but not all of the applied first coating, and to expose a first portion of the outer surface of the metal substrate of the medical device under the removed first portion of the first coating; (d) electrophoretically applying a second, different coating to said exposed first portion of the outer surface of the metal substrate of the medical device, said second coating including: (i) a second binder, (ii) a second pigment of a second color, said second color being of a contrasting hue than the first color, and (iii) a plurality of particles of a second low-friction material; and (e) curing said second coating and any uncured first coating.