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Flat process of preparing drug eluting stents

  • US 8,828,077 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2011
  • Issued: 09/09/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of fabricating a filled stent comprising the steps of:

  • cutting a plurality of stent patterns into a flat sheet of metal, each of said stent patterns comprising stent members and reservoirs, and first and second long sides, each of said reservoirs located on at least one of a first and second major surface and exposed exclusively thereto;

    filling said reservoirs of said flat stent pattern with a composition;

    folding said filled stent pattern into a tubular shape so that said first and second long sides meet; and

    attaching said first and second long sides to form a filled stent;

    wherein said filled stent reservoirs and at least one of the first and second major surface are exposed to at least one of a vessel lumen or a vessel wall when the stent is implanted in a vessel.

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