摘要 |
Method for applying a coating layer to a tubular intraluminal implant, in particular to a vascular support (stent), where the surface of the implant is perforated by a plurality of apertures, and where the coating layer is produced by deposition of material onto the surface of the implant. The implant is first pushed onto a cylindrical holder 4, a sacrificial material, in particular copper, is then deposited onto the surface of the implant until the deposited sacrificial material almost entirely fills the apertures, the coating layer is then deposited onto the surface of the implant provided with sacrificial material, and then the cylindrical holder 4 and the sacrificial material situated in the apertures 3 are removed.
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