US Patent Issued to Surmodics on Dec. 16 for "Coating application system and methods for coating rotatable medical devices" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,612, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Surmodics Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Coating application system and methods for coating rotatable medical devices" was invented by Ralph A. Chappa (Ham Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein relate to a system for coating rotatable medical devices and related methods. In an embodiment, a coating system for coating rotatable medical devices is included. The coating system can include a rotation mechanism, wherein the rotation mechanism is configured to mount and rotate a rotatable medical device. The coating system can also include a fluid applicator unit. The fluid appl...