Method and apparatus for etching-manufacture of cylindrical elements
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Jul 11, 2000
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May 22, 1998
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May 22, 1998
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A process is described for the manufacture of flexible tubular elements, particularly stents for the medical field, the process comprising the steps of: a) providing a hollow metal tube (or metal coated tube) with an open pattern of a chemical-etch-resistant coating layer; b) supporting the hollow metal tube with a coating thereon onto a chemical etch resistant support element; c) contacting the open pattern with a solution capable of etching the metal of the hollow metal tube so that said metal is etched away from physically exposed surfaces of the metal tube and openings in the metal tube corresponding to the open pattern of the coating layer are created in the metal tube element without etching the chemical etch resistant support element; and d) removing the metal tube from the chemical etch resistant support element.
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