A method for forming a stent with hollow struts comprising the steps of: providing a first tube made from a first material, the first tube having a wall defining an inner surface defining a first inner diameter and an outer surface defining a first outer diameter; removing portions of the wall of the first tube such that the material remaining forms a first pattern; after the removing step, placing a second tube made from a second material over the first tube, the second tube having a wall with an inner surface defining a second inner diameter that is larger than the first outer diameter; after the removing step, placing a third tube made from the second material inside the first tube, the third tube having a wall with an outer surface defining a third outer diameter that is smaller than the first inner diameter; pressing the first, second, and third tubes together such that the second and third tubes (210, 220) surround the remaining material of the first tube; removing portions of the walls of the second tube and the third tube in a second pattern that captures the remaining material of the first tube and the material of the second and third tubes (210, 220) surrounding the remaining material of the first tube; forming openings through at least one of the first tube and the second tube to access the remaining material of the first tube; processing the remaining material such that the remaining material of the first tube is removed without damaging the remaining material of the second and third tubes (210, 220), thereby leaving the remaining material of the second and third tubes (210, 220) as the hollow struts of the stent and an area where the remaining material of the first tube was removed as a cavity in the hollow struts. providing a first tube made from a first material, the first tube having a wall defining an inner surface defining a first inner diameter and an outer surface defining a first outer diameter; removing portions of the wall of the first tube such that the material remaining forms a first pattern; after the removing step, placing a second tube made from a second material over the first tube, the second tube having a wall with an inner surface defining a second inner diameter that is larger than the first outer diameter; after the removing step, placing a third tube made from the second material inside the first tube, the third tube having a wall with an outer surface defining a third outer diameter that is smaller than the first inner diameter; pressing the first, second, and third tubes together such that the second and third tubes (210, 220) surround the remaining material of the first tube; removing portions of the walls of the second tube and the third tube in a second pattern that captures the remaining material of the first tube and the material of the second and third tubes (210, 220) surrounding the remaining material of the first tube; forming openings through at least one of the first tube and the second tube to access the remaining material of the first tube; processing the remaining material such that the remaining material of the first tube is removed without damaging the remaining material of the second and third tubes (210, 220), thereby leaving the remaining material of the second and third tubes (210, 220) as the hollow struts of the stent and an area where the remaining material of the first tube was removed as a cavity in the hollow struts.