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US 2010/0244334 A1Published application
Method of manufacturing a polymeric stent having a circumferential ring configuration
OwnerJoseph H. Contiliano, Qiang Zhanginventors
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Abstract
Methods of manufacturing polymeric intraluminal stents and intraluminal stents are disclosed. The methods provide a method of manufacturing polymeric intraluminal stents having a circumferential ring configuration. The polymeric stents have a circumferential ring configuration.
Claims1
A method of manufacturing polymer stents comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a polymer tubing having a first diameter A;
- b. radially expanding the polymer tubing to a second diameter B, thereby inducing molecular orientation in the polymer tubing;
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- c. cutting the polymer tubing having diameter B to form a stent comprising a plurality of ring members connected by bridge members.
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