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Endoluminal implantable devices and method of making same

  • US 6,537,310 B1
  • Filed: 03/20/2000
  • Issued: 03/25/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of manufacturing an endoluminal stent-graft capable of radially expanding from a first diameter to a second diameter, comprising the steps of:

  • a. providing a substrate having an exterior surface capable of accommodating metal deposition thereupon;

    b. depositing a stent-forming metal onto the substrate by a vacuum deposition method;

    c. etching regions into the deposited stent-forming metal to form differentiated plurality of structural members and plurality of web regions between the adjacent pairs of the structural members; and

    d. removing the substrate from the endoluminal stent formed thereupon.

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