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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1999
Jan Otto Solem, 237 31 Bjärred, SE;
Other;
Abstract
A method of making a covered stent comprises the steps of producing a stent ( ) having a diameter corresponding to an unexpanded state of the stent ( ) and producing a tube ( ) of a film material. The film material of the tube ( ) should be shrinkable by exposure to an elevated temperature and the tube ( ) should, before shrinking, have a greater diameter than the stent ( ). As further steps of the method, the stent ( ) is introduced into the tube ( ), and the tube ( ) is exposed to the elevated temperature for reducing the diameter of the tube ( ) such that the stent ( ) is affixed within the tube ( ). The tube may be longer than the stent such that the ends of the tube may be introduced into the ends of the stent and affixed by short sections of a stent material. Collars may be formed at the ends of the tube and may also be covered by the film material.