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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Kaneka Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Ryogo Higashi, Settsu, JP;
Tamotsu Shimada, Settsu, JP;
KANEKA CORPORATION, Osaka-Shi, JP;
Abstract
According to a method for producing a stent which is formed into a tubular body and includes at least one marker formed from a marker housing and a marker insert including: using an indenter having a partially spherical shaped distal end, the distal end coming into contact with the marker insert when the marker insert is pressed with the indenter and is pressure fitted to an opening provided on the marker housing to fix it thereon, a sufficient load can be applied to a radiopaque marker insert when the marker insert is attached to the stent, and further a stent having a radiopaque marker whose marker housing has little damage can be produced.