Patent ID: 9254206
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A stent, which comprises: a stent structure including a sidewall defining a central longitudinal axis, the sidewall including a plurality of struts extending in at least a longitudinal direction and defining a plurality of undulating rows in a circumferential direction of the stent, adjacent undulating rows being connected to define a plurality of cells, each cell comprising a first group of struts having a first length and a first width, and a second group of struts having a second length and a second width, wherein the first length is different than the second length and the first width is different than the second width, each cell defining multiple apices facing a common direction, wherein the apices of each cell that are adjacent in the circumferential direction and that face the common direction are each offset with respect to one another in the longitudinal direction when the stent structure is in an unexpanded configuration; wherein adjacent cells are joined together in a circumferential direction by connecting a first strut of said first group of struts to a last strut of said second group of struts, as viewed in said circumferential direction.