ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,827, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Biocoat Inc. (Horsham, Pa.).
"Lumen coating method and apparatus" was invented by Spencer Thomas Bass (Oreland, Pa.) and Zichun Jacqueline Lu-Wright (Warminster, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for coating the lumen of a tube comprises the steps of inserting the distal opening of a tube into a first coating solution, drawing the first coating solution into the lumen of the tube, draining the first coating solution from the lumen leaving a film of the first coating solution on the lumen of the tube, and curing the first coating solution. This leaves a first coating on the lumen of th...