Method of coating medical devices and device coated thereby

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5543019
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08384621

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The invention features a method of depositing a coating on a medical device. The method includes: a) placing the medical device in an evacuated chamber, b) introducing a noble gas into the chamber, c) providing at least one target in the chamber, spaced from the device, and d) sputter depositing a coating onto the device by applying power to the target so that the noble gas forms a plasma in the vicinity of the target and material is sputtered from the target by ion bombardment and deposited on the device. In another aspect, the invention features a medical device having a coating deposited by a plasma sputtering process. Preferably, the coating is a calcium containing compound.

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ETEX CORPORATION350 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE CAMBRIDGE MA 02139

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Conner, William T Somerville, MA 5 363
Lee, Dosuk D Brookline, MA 32 3296

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