A stent for use in a stent graft comprising a strut region comprising at least two struts, the struts having at least one radius of curvature； a bend connecting the at least two struts and forming an eyelet region, where the strut region and the eyelet region are electropolished and the eyelet region is locally polished； and an eyelet positioned in the eyelet region, having at least one radius of curvature greater than zero is provided. A method of manufacturing the same also is provided.
