| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Similar open-mesh networks comprising knitted or braided filaments can be used to form a metallic reinforcing component for a composite stent of the present invention. [0039] The metallic reinforcing component of the present invention, such as any of those shown in FIGS. 1-4, may be a least partially covered with a biodegradable polymeric material to form a biodegradable polymeric material coating
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