METHOD FOR BLANKET COATING OF STENT, AND STENT MANUFACTURED BY SAID METHOD

摘要

FIELD: medicine. ^ SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine. What is described is a method for blanket or continuous coating of a grid or mesh stent (an endoprosthesis) for vessels and other tubular organs. The first stage of the method consists in applying a first thin layer coating only surfaces of bearing elements of the stent; the second stage consists in applying a blanket coating which covers both a grid of the bearing elements of the stent, and the in-between gaps. What is also described is an endoprosthesis manufactured by said method. ^ EFFECT: endoprosthesis can keep the lumen permanently open while being elastic and flexible enough. ^ 16 cl, 20 ex