Patent ID: 7785652

Claim:
A method for applying a first coating composition to a medical device comprising the steps of: providing a medical device having a plurality of struts and spaces between the struts; holding the medical device with a supporting device; placing a first coating composition into a first chamber connected to a first fluid dispensing head; transporting the first coating composition from the first chamber to the first fluid dispensing head; moving the first fluid dispensing head with respect to the medical device; and forcing the first coating composition from the first fluid dispensing head onto the medical device, using a vision system to determine the position and orientation of the medical device; providing information from the vision system to a processor; using the information provided from the vision system to the processor to provide command signals form the processor to the first fluid dispensing head; spinning the medical device such that the struts of the medical device and the spaces between the struts of the medical device alternately become adjacent to the first fluid dispensing head; activating the first fluid dispensing head by applying a voltage when an exposed strut of the medical device is adjacent the first fluid dispensing head, thereby forcing the first coating composition onto the struts of the medical device; and refraining from activating the first fluid dispensing head when a space between struts of the medical device is adjacent the first fluid dispensing head, thereby refraining from forcing the first coating composition into spaces between the struts of the medical device.