Flexible stent and method of making the same

摘要

A stent (10) that can be made of self-expandable members (14) and balloon expandable members (16) is described.

<Paragraphs id="pa02" num="0002" xmlns:base="http://www.sipo.gov.cn/XMLSchema/base">The members can be held together by a polymer layer, polymer rings or discreet polymer connectors (13, 48, 58, 68). Methods of making and using the stent are also described.