METHODS OF MAKING MEDICAL DEVICES

摘要

Scaffold-supported metal or pseudometallic film covers suitable for use as medical devices are disclosed together with methods of fabricating the devices. Methods for making the medical devices consist of either providing or forming a scaffold, then depositing a metallic or pseudometallic film cover onto the scaffold in such a manner as to form an integral, substantially monolithic junction between the deposited cover material and the scaffold.

主权项

1. A method of making a medical device having a covered scaffold comprising the steps of:
providing a scaffold comprising a plurality of scaffold members separated by interstitial regions; forming a cover member on a surface of the plurality of scaffold members by an additive methodology, the cover member extending across the interstitial regions; and creating a plurality of openings passing through the cover member.