METHOD FOR MAKING ENDOPROSTHESES

摘要

A coating (62) having a smooth orange peel morphology is formed on an adluminal surface (44) of a stent (42), concurrently with the formation of a coating (60) having a rough rice grain morphology on an abluminal surface (46) of the stent. During the formation of the two coatings, a mandrel (50) is placed adjacent to the adluminal surface of the stent but does not generally contact the adluminal surface.