Patent ID: 7776189

Claim:
An apparatus for simultaneously electropolishing a plurality of metallic stents comprising: a plurality of elongated members each having a longitudinal axis, each of said elongated members comprising a respective electrically conductive adaptor configured to be removably affixed to and in electrical contact with one of said metallic stents when said one of said metallic stents receives a corresponding one of said electrically conductive adaptors, wherein each of said elongated members is independently rotatable about the longitudinal axis thereof; a first plate, each of said elongated members being moveably engaged with said first plate such that movement of said first plate relative to said elongated members causes each of said elongated members to rotate about the respective longitudinal axis thereof; a moveable second plate having said elongated members mounted thereto, said moveable second plate configured to rotate about an axis substantially parallel to said longitudinal axes of said elongated members; a motorized driver operable to drive said moveable second plate to rotate said elongated members and said stents collectively about said axis and to rotate each of said elongated members and said stents about the respective longitudinal axis; a container configured to hold an electrolytic solution; a continuous cathode configured to be located in close proximity to each of said elongated members when said elongated members and cathode are immersed in said electrolytic solution; a cathode current conducting member attached to said cathode; an anode current conducting member wherein each of said elongated members is conductively connected electrically with said anode current conducting member.