System and method for stent manufacture

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8377365
APP PUB NO 20110266720A1
SERIAL NO

12769785

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The system and method for stent manufacture includes a method of supercritical stent manufacture including mixing a polymer and a supercritical fluid to form a supercritical mixture; electrically charging a mold to a first polarity, the mold having a mold wall defining a mold plenum; discharging the supercritical mixture through a nozzle; electrically charging the supercritical mixture to a second polarity opposite the first polarity; repeatedly directing the charged supercritical mixture into the mold plenum to form a plurality of polymer layers on the mold wall, the plurality of polymer layers having a predetermined thickness; and separating the plurality of polymer layers from the mold wall.

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  • MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.

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Trudel, Julie Santa Rosa, US 35 428

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