Patent ID: 7377937

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a stent-graft assembly, comprising: positioning a graft member within a stent framework such that a first end proton and a second end portion of said graft extend past the stent frame work, the graft member comprising a non-porous material; puncturing only the first and second end portions of the graft member that extend past the stent framework to form elution openings in first and second end portions of the graft member based on a predetermined rate of elution such that the graft member within the stent framework remains non-porous; applying a therapeutic agent to at least a portion of one of the graft member and the stent framework prior to everting first and second end portions of the graft member over an outer surface of the stent framework; everting first and second end portions of the graft member over an outer surface of the stent framework; and attaching the first end portion to the second end portion.