Patent ID: 8002822

Claim:
An intraluminal medical device for placement within a vascular structure comprising: a. a flexible body; and b. a porous columnar metallic coating comprising a plurality of independent columnar structures separated from one another by an opening and disposed on at least a portion of the flexible body, wherein (i) the porous columnar metallic coating extends in a substantially normal direction from a surface of at least a portion of the flexible body; (ii) flaking of the porous columnar metallic coating being less than 1% of the porous columnar metallic coated surface when the flexible body and porous columnar metallic coating are strained up to 8%; and (iii) the combination of the size of the columnar structures of the porous columnar metallic coating and the size of the openings between the columnar structures of the porous columnar metallic coating results in an emissivity in the visible spectrum range of at least 80%.