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METHOD OF MAKING A VARIABLE SURFACE AREA STENT

  • US 20100116785A1
  • Filed: 01/15/2010
  • Published: 05/13/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of manufacturing a stent, the stent including a tubular body including a plurality of struts, the struts defining a first end segment of the body, an opposing second end segment of the body, and a middle segment of the body between the first and second end segments, the method comprising depositing a therapeutic agent on the body so that the first or second end segment has a lesser amount or concentration of the agent than the middle segment as a result of a difference in any of surface roughness and indentation, the difference present between struts of the first or second end segment as compared to struts of the middle segment.

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