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Manufacturing process for polymeric stents

  • US 9,198,782 B2
  • Filed: 04/14/2014
  • Issued: 12/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of fabricating a stent comprising:

  • forming a polymeric tube comprising a polymer using melt processing, wherein a diameter of the formed tube is less than a target diameter;

    radially deforming the formed tube so that the deformed tube comprises the target diameter; and

    forming a stent from the deformed tube, wherein forming the stent includes laser machining a stent pattern in the deformed tube at the target diameter with an ultra-short pulse laser.

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