Patent ID: 7425345

Claim:
A method, comprising: dispensing a first plurality of droplets, the first plurality of droplets having a flight path; modifying a direction of the first plurality of droplets along their flight path using a first optical field; disposing the first plurality of droplets on a medical device after modifying the direction of the first plurality of droplets; dispensing a second plurality of droplets, the second plurality of droplets having a flight path, a droplet from the second plurality of droplets having a size different from a size of a droplet from the first plurality of droplets, modifying the direction of the second plurality of droplets along their flight path using a second optical field; and disposing the second plurality of droplets on the medical device after modifying the direction of the second plurality of droplets such that the first plurality of droplets and the second plurality of droplets form interleaving zones in a plurality of coatings on the medical device.