COATING A MEDICAL APPLIANCE WITH A BUBBLE JET PRINTING HEAD

摘要

A method for coating a medical appliance (34) is provided. In accord with one embodiment, the method for applying a coating to a medical appliance having accessible patterned surfaces is provided. This method may include: a processor (32), a support (35), and a bubble jet printing head (31) having individual printing nozzles. In this method the support (35) may be adapted to hold the medical appliance (34) and to provide direct access for a coating to contact the exposed external patterned surfaces (370) of the medical appliance. The bubble jet printing head (31) in this method may move with respect to the medical appliance and may be in communication with a source of coating and with the processor (32). The processor in this method may contain commands that instruct the bubble jet printing head to force coating onto the accessible patterned surfaces (370) of the medical appliance in a pattern that correlates with the accessible patterned surfaces of the medical appliance.