Invention Application
- Patent Title: TENSIONING PROCESS FOR COATING BALLOON
- Patent Title (中): 用于涂层气泡的拉伸过程
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Application No.: US13280067Application Date: 2011-10-24
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Publication No.: US20120128863A1Publication Date: 2012-05-24
- Inventor: Binh T. Nguyen , Benjamyn Serna
- Applicant: Binh T. Nguyen , Benjamyn Serna
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
- Current Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Main IPC: B05D5/00
- IPC: B05D5/00 ; B05D3/00 ; B05C9/10 ; B05C9/12 ; B05D3/12 ; B05D7/00

Abstract:
Method of coating an expandable member includes providing an expandable member having a proximal and a distal end with a guidewire lumen extending therebetween, the expandable member having a deflated and fully expanded configurations, and inflating the expandable member to an initial inflation pressure; positioning a mandrel within the guidewire lumen; tensioning the mandrel to straighten the guidewire lumen within the expandable member; and disposing a therapeutic agent on at least a portion of the expandable member. Method further includes partially deflating the expandable member to an intermediate pressure, and drying the therapeutic agent on the expandable member, and, if a folded expandable member is used, at least partially refolding the expandable member.
Public/Granted literature
- US09101741B2 Tensioning process for coating balloon Public/Granted day:2015-08-11
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