A
braided stent (1) for transluminal implantation in body lumens is self-expanding and has a radial expanded configuration in which the angle α between filaments is acute. Some or all of filaments (6,7) are welded together in pairs at each end (4,5) of the
stent to provide beads (8), thereby strengthening the
stent and assisting its deployment from a delivery device. The
stent is preferably completely coated using a biocompatible polymeric
coating, said
polymer preferably having pendant
phosphoryl choline groups. A method of making the stent by braiding and
welding is described as well as a delivery device for deploying the device.The present invention provides a biocompatible crosslinked
coating and a crosslinkable
coating polymer composition for forming such a coating. The biocompatible crosslinked coating may be formed by curing a
polymer of 23 mole % (methacryloyloxy ethyl)-2-(trimethylammonium ethyl)
phosphate inner salt, 47 mole %
lauryl methacrylate, 5 mole % γtrimethoxysilyl propyl
methacrylate and 25 mole % of hydroxy propyl
methacrylate. The crosslinkable coating polymer may include 23 mole % (methacryloyloxy ethyl)-2-(trimethylammonium ethyl)
phosphate inner salt, 47 mole %
lauryl methacrylate, 5 mole % γtrimethoxysilyl propyl
methacrylate and 25 mole % of hydroxy propyl methacrylate.<?insert-end id="INS-S-00001" ?>