Figure 1.

Steps for manufacturing newly developed stents.

Notes: (A) A poly-L-lactide strip was first cut from a solvent-cast film and rolled onto the surface of a metal pin that was fixed at the two ends with tape. (B) The metal pin, wrapped with the strip, was placed in an isothermal water bath at 70°C, and then in a water bath at 0°C for quenching. (C) The electrospinning of acetylsalicylic acid-loaded poly-D-L-lactide-glycolide nanofibers onto the biodegradable stent. (D) The spinning of paclitaxel-loaded nanofibers onto the stent.