A drug-coated stent and a method for fabricating the stent are disclosed. Thestent has an originally flat pattern and connection points where the sides ofthe flat pattern are joined. The method includes the steps of a) cutting a stentpattern into a flat piece of metal thereby to produce a metal pattern, b) sprayingthe flat metal stent pattern with a polymer and a drug, c) deforming the metal patternso as to cause two opposing sides to meet, and d) joining the two opposing sidesa least at one point. Substantially no portion of the stent projects into the lumenof the stent when the stent is expanded against the internal wall of a blood vessel.
