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An apparatus for coating tubular members (3), such as stents comprises a liquid reservoir (2) and a stent support member for supporting, in use, a tubular member. Support member dipping means (5, 8) places the support membe r in the liquid reservoir in use and draws the support member therefrom. Pressure differential generating means (6) generates a pressure differential . The stent support member is arranged to provide a central passageway through a stent placed thereon, the central passageway having a plurality of perforations formed therein, and the pressure differential generating means is arranged to generate, in use, a pressure differential between the passageway and the tubular member.
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