Stent fixture having rounded support structures and method for use thereof United States Patent 07735449

07735449 is referenced by 18 patents and cites 545 patents.

A stent fixture for supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is provided.

Title
Stent fixture having rounded support structures and method for use thereof
Application Number
11/193849
Publication Number
7735449 (B1)
Application Date
July 28, 2005
Publication Date
June 15, 2010
Inventor
Andrew Tochterman
Palo Alto
CA, US
Antonio Garcia
San Jose
CA, US
Nathan Harold
San Jose
CA, US
Agent
Squire Sanders & Dempsey L
Assignee
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems
CA, US
IPC
B05C 13/02
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Citations: 18 (view full list)

  1. Anthony S Andreacchi, Yung Ming Chen, Arnoldo M Currlin, Antonio Garcia, Jason Van Sciver, Bryan D Glenn: System and method for coating a stent. Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, August 23, 2011: US08003157 (13 worldwide citation)
  2. Sang joon Park, Shaulaine Choo, Anthony S Andreacchi, Yung Ming Chen, Arnoldo M Currlin, Antonio Garcia, Jason Van Sciver, Thomas David Esbeck, Bryan D Glenn: Method and system for aligning a stent with a stent support. Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, November 8, 2011: US08055360 (12 worldwide citation)
  3. Jason Van Sciver: Rotatable support elements for stents. Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Squire Sanders, June 3, 2014: US08741379 (4 worldwide citation)
  4. Jason Van Sciver: Rotatable support elements for stents. Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Squire Sanders, January 28, 2014: US08637110 (3 worldwide citation)
  5. Jason Van Sciver: Rotatable support elements for stents. Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Squire Sanders, December 3, 2013: US08596215 (3 worldwide citation)
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  7. John Wainwright, Todd Mendelson, Kurt Haggstrom, Masoud Molaei, Victoria Schuman, Min Shyan Sheu: Coated medical devices and methods of making and using same. Covidien, Mark J Kertz Esq, January 17, 2017: US09545301 (1 worldwide citation)
  8. John Wainwright, Todd Mendelson, Kurt Haggstrom, Masoud Molaei, Victoria Schuman, Min Shyan Sheu: Coated medical devices and methods of making and using same. Covidien, Mark J Kertz Esq, April 26, 2016: US09320592 (1 worldwide citation)
  9. Xiaodong Ma, Min Shyan Sheu, Lincoln Eramo, John Wainwright, Junwei Li: Anti-thrombogenic medical devices and methods. Covidien, Mark J Kertz, June 6, 2017: US09668890 (1 worldwide citation)
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