A method of making a medical device having a covered scaffold, comprising the steps of: a) forming a scaffold (94, 96) in association with a deposition substrate, wherein the scaffold (94, 96) comprises a plurality of structural scaffold members with interstitial areas between adjacent members, where the scaffold is formed by: i) forming a pattern associated with the deposition substrate corresponding to a geometry for the scaffold (94, 96), ii) depositing a scaffold-forming material onto the patterned deposition substrate; iii) removing regions of the deposited scaffold-forming material, iv) depositing a sacrificial material onto the scaffold-forming material and the deposition substrate; and v) planarizing the sacrificial material to expose only at least one terminal end portion of the scaffold, leaving remaining portions of the scaffold covered by the sacrificial material; b) depositing a cover-forming material onto the formed terminal end portion of scaffold such that the cover-forming material occludes the interstitial areas and scaffold portions covered by the sacrificial material, thereby monolithically joining the terminal end portions of the scaffold and the cover-forming material; c) creating a plurality of openings passing through the cover-forming material, in a region of the cover-forming material that does not overlay structural scaffold members; d) removing the sacrificial material from scaffold portions covered by the sacrificial material leaving an open region between the scaffold portions that are not terminal end portions and the cover material; and e) releasing the monolithically joined scaffold (94, 96) and cover-forming material from the deposition substrate. a) forming a scaffold (94, 96) in association with a deposition substrate, wherein the scaffold (94, 96) comprises a plurality of structural scaffold members with interstitial areas between adjacent members, where the scaffold is formed by: i) forming a pattern associated with the deposition substrate corresponding to a geometry for the scaffold (94, 96), ii) depositing a scaffold-forming material onto the patterned deposition substrate; iii) removing regions of the deposited scaffold-forming material, iv) depositing a sacrificial material onto the scaffold-forming material and the deposition substrate; and v) planarizing the sacrificial material to expose only at least one terminal end portion of the scaffold, leaving remaining portions of the scaffold covered by the sacrificial material; i) forming a pattern associated with the deposition substrate corresponding to a geometry for the scaffold (94, 96), ii) depositing a scaffold-forming material onto the patterned deposition substrate; iii) removing regions of the deposited scaffold-forming material, iv) depositing a sacrificial material onto the scaffold-forming material and the deposition substrate; and v) planarizing the sacrificial material to expose only at least one terminal end portion of the scaffold, leaving remaining portions of the scaffold covered by the sacrificial material; b) depositing a cover-forming material onto the formed terminal end portion of scaffold such that the cover-forming material occludes the interstitial areas and scaffold portions covered by the sacrificial material, thereby monolithically joining the terminal end portions of the scaffold and the cover-forming material; c) creating a plurality of openings passing through the cover-forming material, in a region of the cover-forming material that does not overlay structural scaffold members; d) removing the sacrificial material from scaffold portions covered by the sacrificial material leaving an open region between the scaffold portions that are not terminal end portions and the cover material; and e) releasing the monolithically joined scaffold (94, 96) and cover-forming material from the deposition substrate.