METHOD OF COATING MEDICAL DEVICES AND DEVICES COATED THEREBY

摘要

The invention features a method for depositing a coating on a medical device (12). The method includes: placing a medical device (12) in an evacuated chamber (14), introducing a noble gas into the chamber, providing at least one target (20, 22, or 24) in the chamber and spaced from the device, and sputter depositing a coating onto the device by applying power to the target so that the noble gas forms a plasma (26) in the vicinity of the target.