Patent ID: 9452067
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: A61F,A61M,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of attaching a radiopaque marker onto a stent, the method comprising: providing a stent in an uncrimped state disposed over a mandrel, wherein the stent is biodegradable and is made of a biodegradable polymer; placing a spherical radiopaque marker at a recess in the stent in the uncrimped state; and rotating a roller about an axis substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the stent in the uncrimped state over the marker which presses the marker into the recess to attach the marker to the stent, wherein the pressing compresses the marker which expands a portion of the marker within the recess to create an interference fit between the expanded portion of the marker and biodegradable polymer of an internal surface of the recess.