The present invention provides for reinforced and drug eluting
stent-grafts and related methods of implanting and manufacturing the
stent-grafts. A stent-graft of the present invention may include a
tubular stent, a biocompatible covering surrounding the stent, and a
supporting collar coupled to the proximal end of the stent-graft. A drug
agent may be applied to a textured external surface layer of the
biocompatible covering, or alternatively to a space between the textured
external surface layer and a smooth luminal surface layer of the
biocompatible covering, and allowed to elute over time into a wall of a
body lumen after the stent-graft is deployed. The collar of the
stent-graft absorbs pressure exerted on the stent-graft by fluid flow
within the body lumen in order to minimize potential damage to the
stent-graft, and may also include barbs to further secure the stent-graft
to the body lumen.