Methods and systems for coating at least a portion of a medical device
(e.g., a stent structure) include providing a plurality of coating
particles (e.g., monodisperse coating particles) in a defined volume. For
example, the particles may be provided using one or more nozzle
structures, wherein each nozzle structure includes at least one opening
terminating at a dispensing end. The plurality of coating particles may
be provided in the defined volume by dispensing a plurality of
microdroplets having an electrical charge associated therewith from the
dispensing ends of the one or more nozzle structures through use of a
nonuniform electrical field between the dispensing ends and the medical
device. Electrical charge is concentrated on the particle as the
microdroplet evaporates. With a plurality of coating particles provided
in the defined volume, such particles can be moved towards at least one
surface of the medical device to form a coating thereon (e.g., using an
electric field and/or a thermophoretic effect).