Patent ID: 9603727
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A stent, comprising: a tubular body having a first end ring and a second end ring and a plurality of body rings therebetween; the end rings and the body rings being positioned in a complete out-of-phase relationship; first links connecting the end rings to the body rings and second links connecting adjacent body rings, wherein only two first links connect the first end ring to an adjacent body ring, only two first links connect the second end ring to an adjacent body ring and only two second links connect adjacent body rings together; the first links having a first length and the second links having a second length, the first length being greater than the second length, wherein the first links and second links are linear links; and the first end ring and the second end ring each having a first length that is shorter than a second length of the body rings.