STENT

摘要

PCT No. PCT/DE97/00649 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 23, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 23, 1998 PCT Filed Mar. 27, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/36556 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 9, 1997The invention concerns a stent 1 for the bracing and/or holding-open of a body cavity having a tube 2 made from an elastic material, a tubular weave 3 comprising filaments 5 seating in close adjacency to the outer surface of the tube 2 as well as a coating 4 applied to the outer surface of the tube 2 which attaches the weave 3 to the outer surface of the tube 2. The coating 4 is adapted to have a structured outer surface dominated by the weave 3. The stent 1 in accordance with the invention can be produced economically with adjustable restoring forces and facilitates a secure placing within the body cavity. Means for preventing drifting within the body cavity can also be introduced onto outer surface of the stent.