METHOD FOR BLANKET COATING OF STENT, AND STENT MANUFACTURED BY SAID METHOD Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A61L27/34 A61L29/08 A61L31/10 A61F2/82 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine. What is described is a method for blanket or continuous coating of a grid or mesh stent (an endoprosthesis) for vessels and other tubular organs. The first stage of the method consists in applying a first thin layer coating only surfaces of bearing elements of the stent; the second stage consists in applying a blanket coating which covers both a grid of the bearing elements of the stent, and the in-between gaps. What is also described is an endoprosthesis manufactured by said method.

EFFECT: endoprosthesis can keep the lumen permanently open while being elastic and flexible enough.

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