Method of forming a non-circular stent

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a stent, includes the steps of providing a mandrel with an outer surface having a polygonal cross-sectional shape and a longitudinal axis, winding stent wire around the outer surface of the mandrel about the longitudinal axis into a desired final shape, the desired final shape being polygonal in an elevation orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, and forming a stent by setting the wound stent wire in the desired polygonal final shape. Also provided is a method for manufacturing a stent, including the steps of providing a mandrel with a multiple-sided outer surface and a longitudinal axis, winding a stent wire around the outer surface of the mandrel into a desired final shape substantially corresponding to a shape of the outer surface, and forming a stent by setting the wound stent wire into the desired final shape.

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