Methods and devices for drying coated stents
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1. A method of drying coated stents comprising:
- conveying a plurality of coated stents mounted on a movable support member within an oven to dry a coating on the stents, wherein each one of the plurality stents is conveyed along the same path through the oven; and
periodically removing one of the plurality of stents from the movable support member and disposing an additional coated stent on the movable support member so that the additional stent can be conveyed within the oven to dry a coating on the additional coated stent.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of methods and devices for drying coated stents in an oven are described herein.
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1. A method of drying coated stents comprising:
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conveying a plurality of coated stents mounted on a movable support member within an oven to dry a coating on the stents, wherein each one of the plurality stents is conveyed along the same path through the oven; and periodically removing one of the plurality of stents from the movable support member and disposing an additional coated stent on the movable support member so that the additional stent can be conveyed within the oven to dry a coating on the additional coated stent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of drying coated stents comprising:
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conveying a plurality of coated stents mounted on a movable support member within an oven to dry a coating on the stents; and periodically removing one of the plurality of stents and disposing an additional coated stent on the movable support member so that the additional stent can be conveyed within the oven to dry a coating on the additional coated stent, wherein the movable support member comprises a rotatable dial having a plurality of holes for supporting the plurality of stents, and wherein the rotatable dial rotates to position the dial so that an additional stent can be disposed in a hole on the dial or so that the dried stent can be removed from the dial. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method of drying coated stents comprising:
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conveying a plurality of coated stents mounted on a movable support member within an oven to dry a coating on the stents; periodically removing one of the plurality of stents and disposing an additional coated stent on the movable support member so that the additional stent can be conveyed within the oven to dry a coating on the additional coated stent; storing removed stents and additional stents on a buffer support member, wherein the buffer support member comprises a rotatable dial that rotates to position the dial so that the removed stent can be disposed on the dial and the additional stent can be removed from the dial. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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