Patent ID: 9675473
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A stent having an as cut state and a parent state, the stent comprising: a first end; a first end region, the first end region comprising a first strut column, a second strut column, and a plurality of peak to valley connectors connecting the first and second strut columns of the first end region; a middle region, the middle region comprising: a second end region, the second end region comprising a first strut column, a second strut column, and a plurality of peak to valley connectors connecting the first and second strut columns of the second end region; a plurality of first peak to valley connectors engaging the first end region and the middle region; a plurality of second peak to valley connectors engaging the second end region and the middle region; and a second end; wherein when the stent is in the parent state, the middle region has a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the first end region and smaller than a diameter of the second end region.