Patent ID: 9320627
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. An endoprosthesis configured to transition from a contracted delivery configuration to an expanded deployed configuration, the endoprosthesis comprising: a plurality of longitudinally adjacent web rings defining an essentially tubular web structure, each web ring including a plurality of adjoined web elements; and a plurality of junction bends adjoining pairs of the plurality of adjoined web elements, a first junction bend in a first web ring of the plurality of longitudinally adjacent web rings is connected to a second junction bend in an adjacent neighboring web ring of the plurality of longitudinally adjacent web rings by a first S-shaped connector, the second junction bend being longitudinally offset from the first junction bend and being circumferentially separated from the first junction bend by a plurality of unadjoined junction bends, a third junction bend in the first web ring of the plurality of longitudinally adjacent web rings is connected to a fourth junction bend in the adjacent neighboring web ring of the plurality of longitudinally adjacent web rings by a second S-shaped connector, the fourth junction bend being longitudinally offset from the third junction bend and being circumferentially separated from the third junction bend, the first junction bend being circumferentially separated from the third junction bend by at least three unadjoined junction bends, the first and second S-shaped connectors having a plurality of segments disposed one in relation to the other in step-wise configuration, the plurality of segments being interconnected by connectors.