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METHODS FOR MAKING AN ENCAPSULATED STENT AND INTRALUMINAL DELIVERY THEREOF

  • US 20090125092A1
  • Filed: 11/17/2008
  • Published: 05/14/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1995
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for making an encapsulated stent, comprising:

  • providing a first seamless unsintered ePTFE tube;

    providing a second seamless sintered ePTFE tube;

    positioning a self-expanding stent between the first and second ePTFE tubes to form an assembly; and

    joining the first ePTFE tube to the second ePTFE tube through openings in a wall of the stent by applying first pressure, and then heat, to the assembly.

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