STENT WITH POLISHED EYELET
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1. A stent for use in a stent graft comprising:
- a strut region comprising at least two struts, the struts having at least one radius of curvature;
a bend connecting the at least two struts and forming an eyelet region, where the strut region and the eyelet region are electropolished and the eyelet region is locally polished; and
an eyelet positioned in the eyelet region having at least one radius of curvature greater than 0.
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Abstract
A stent for use in a stent graft comprising a strut region comprising at least two struts, the struts having at least one radius of curvature; a bend connecting the at least two struts and forming an eyelet region, where the strut region and the eyelet region are electropolished and the eyelet region is locally polished; and an eyelet positioned in the eyelet region, having at least one radius of curvature greater than zero is provided. A method of manufacturing the same also is provided.
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1. A stent for use in a stent graft comprising:
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a strut region comprising at least two struts, the struts having at least one radius of curvature; a bend connecting the at least two struts and forming an eyelet region, where the strut region and the eyelet region are electropolished and the eyelet region is locally polished; and an eyelet positioned in the eyelet region having at least one radius of curvature greater than 0. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for manufacturing a stent, the method comprising:
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laser cutting a cannula of stent material to form the stent, the stent comprising a strut region comprising at least two struts, the at least two struts having at least one radius of curvature, and an eyelet region, the eyelet region comprising an eyelet having at least one radius of curvature; electropolishing the stent region and the eyelet region; and locally polishing the eyelet region such that the at least one radius of curvature of the eyelet is greater than 0. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for manufacturing an endoluminal device, the method comprising:
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cannula cutting a sheet of stent material to form a stent, the stent comprising a strut region comprising at least two struts and an eyelet region, the eyelet region comprising an eyelet having at least one radius of curvature, electropolishing the stent region and the eyelet region; and locally polishing the eyelet region such that the at least one radius of curvature of the eyelet is an order of magnitude less than the radius of curvature of the radius of curvature of the at least two struts and the radius of curvature of the eyelet is no less than 1/10 the radius of at least one suture. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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