Coating a medical appliance with a bubble jet printing head
US6676987B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 2, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB05B13/0228
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
System and method for coating a medical appliance is provided. In accord with one embodiment, a system for applying a coating to a medical appliance having accessible patterned surfaces is provided. This system may include: a processor, a support, and a bubble jet printing head having individual printing nozzles. In this system the support may be adapted to hold the medical appliance and to provide direct access for a coating to contact the exposed external patterned surfaces of the medical appliance. The bubble jet printing head in this system may move with respect to the medical appliance and may be in communication with a source of coating and with the processor. The processor in this system may contain commands that instruct the bubble jet printing head to force coating onto the accessible patterned surfaces of the medical appliance in a pattern that correlates with the accessible patterned surfaces of the medical appliance.
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