| 摘要 |
<p>Interconnected stents, coated microporous stents and method of coating are disclosed. The inventive stent (10) consists of a tubular member (11) interconnected to another tubular member (11) with a flexible member (25), each stent made from a flat sheet assembled together through a technique such as surface fusing. Preferably, the stent is made up of a plurality of spaced rows of slots with spaces between adjacent slots within a row staggered with respect to corresponding spaces on adjacent rows. In a first embodiment of a coated stent, a coating is attached to the stent only at a single area of line contact (130) on the outer surface of the stent with the remainder of the coating being larger than the unexpanded stent, but being made of dimensions designed to snugly receive the outer surfaces of the stent when it is expanded within a blood vessel.</p> |
