Patent ID: 8641477

Claim:
A method of fabricating a stent, wherein the stent comprising a tube-like lattice structure comprising individual struts, wherein the stent has at least one strut from which at least one longitudinal section runs at least one directional component in the circumferential direction of the stent, wherein the surface of the longitudinal section facing the outside of the stent is curved only about the longitudinal axis of the stent, wherein the lattice structure of the stent is produced such that at least one longitudinal section of a strut running with at least one directional component in the radial circumferential direction of the stent has an essentially angular cross section, characterized in that a rounding of the luminal edges of the longitudinal section of the strut, and of said edges running with at least one directional component perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the stent, is effected by at least one particle beam directed at the edges.