Patent ID: 8187317

Claim:
A method for producing an endoprosthesis for implantation in a deformed region of a vessel of a patient, comprising: producing a tubular envelope which extends according to a direction, and fixing a plurality of pressure probes to the envelope, wherein each probe comprises: a sensor for carrying out a pressure measurement, and a transponder configured to emit an electromagnetic signal by way of an antenna, for transmitting only the pressure measurement obtained from the sensor of the probe to a monitoring device located outside the patient's body, wherein the transponder is suitable for generating an electromagnetic pressure measurement transmission signal containing at least one characteristic that is distinctive to the probe of which the transponder forms part and wherein the sensor of each pressure probe of the plurality of pressure probes is a directional sensor with a sensitivity being maximal for pressures exerted perpendicularly to the sensor's measuring surface, the method further comprising: obtaining a visual representation of the deformed region of the vessel of the patient by medical imaging, producing an envelope of a shape adapted to that of the deformed region of the vessel of the patient, locating at least one local pressure maximum exerted on the wall of the deformed region of the vessel of the patient by blood flows within the deformed region of the vessel, and fixing at least one of the pressure probes onto the envelope, the probe being oriented towards the outside of the envelope so that the probe is oriented towards the local pressure maximum when the endoprosthesis is implanted in the deformed region of the vessel.