Claims
- 1. A stent comprising a stent body having at least one radiopaque marker, said marker defined by a radiopaque member affixed through an eyelet extending through a portion of said stent body, said eyelet having an internal surface that is irregular, and said radiopaque member being mechanically interlocked with the irregular internal surface within said eyelet, and wherein said internal eyelet surface is threaded.
- 2. The stent of claim 1, wherein entrances to said eyelet are chamfered.
- 3. The stent of claim 1, wherein said radiopaque member protrudes slightly outwardly from an outer surface of said stent body.
- 4. The stent of claim 1, wherein said radiopaque member is selected from the group of tungsten, gold, platinum, iridium and barium.
- 5. The stent of claim 4, wherein said radiopaque member is gold.
- 6. The stent of claim 1, wherein said radiopaque member is force fit into said eyelet.
- 7. A stent comprising a stent body having at least one radiopaque marker, said marker defined by a radiopaque member affixed through an eyelet extending through a portion of said stent body, said eyelet having an internal surface that has been grit blasted, and said radiopaque member being mechanically interlocked with said internal surface of said eyelet.
- 8. The stent of claim 7, wherein said internal surface of said eyelet is threaded.
- 9. The stent of claim 8, wherein entrances to said eyelet are chamfered.
- 10. The stent of claim 7, wherein said radiopaque member protrudes slightly outwardly from an outer surface of said stent body.
- 11. The stent of claim 7, wherein said radiopaque member is selected from the group of tungsten, gold, platinum, iridium and barium.
- 12. The stent of claim 11, wherein said radiopaque member is gold.
- 13. The stent of claim 7, wherein said radiopaque member is force fit into said eyelet.
- 14. A stent comprising a stent body having at least one radiopaque marker, said marker defined by a radiopaque member affixed through an eyelet extending through a portion of said stent body, said eyelet having an internal surface that has been acid etched, and said radiopaque member being mechanically interlocked with said internal surface of said eyelet.
- 15. The stent of claim 14, wherein, said internal surface of said eyelet is threaded.
- 16. The stent of claim 15, wherein entrances to said eyelet are chamfered.
- 17. The stent of claim 14, wherein said radiopaque member protrudes slightly outwardly from an outer surface of said stent body.
- 18. The stent of claim 14, wherein said radiopaque member is selected from the group of tungsten, gold, platinum, iridium and barium.
- 19. The stent of claim 18, wherein said radiopaque member is gold.
- 20. The stent of claim 14, wherein said radiopaque member is force fit into said eyelet.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a Divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/160,122 filed Sep. 24, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,231,598, which, in turn, claims priority of provisional applications Ser. No. 60/059,898, filed Sep. 24,1997, and Ser. No. 60/082,164, filed Apr. 17, 1998.
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Provisional Applications (2)
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