Cephas M Wozencraft

US Patent:

20110311714, Dec 22, 2011

Filed:

Feb 22, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/032213

Inventors:

Mark E. Seeley - Austin TX, US
Fletcher Derek Southard - Austin TX, US
Mike James Mewhort - Pflugerville TX, US
Joseph Earl Robinson - Pflugerville TX, US
Roger William Leikam - Round Rock TX, US
Jeff Wayne Stark - Round Rock TX, US
Brett A. Bickerton - Austin TX, US
Jonathan C. Stupka - Austin TX, US
David Wilde - Georgetown TX, US
Cephas M. Wozencraft - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

C23C 16/442
A61L 33/02
C23C 16/458
B05D 1/24

US Classification:

427 225, 427185, 427209, 427 226, 118722

Abstract:

Arrangements are provided for assembling multiple substrates for coating within a fluidized bed coater so as to deposit a coating of uniform thickness across the entire exterior surface thereof. One embodiment includes a method for coating orthopedic implants having convex and concave surfaces with pyrocarbon by pyrolytic decomposition of a hydrocarbon.