Patent ID: 6132461
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An intraluminal stent comprising:a stent body expandable from an un-deployed orientation to a deployed orientation;the stent body having cell defining portions with opposing surfaces defining an open cell bounded by the cell defining portion, the cell having a major axis (X.sub.M) and a minor axis (X.sub.m);each cell defining portion including a first longitudinal segment and a second longitudinal segment, the first and second longitudinal segments connected at first and second ends, each of the first and second longitudinal segments comprising:(a) first and second spaced-apart longitudinal elements having a spacing therebetween;(b) a longitudinal axis (X.sub.a), the longitudinal axis (X.sub.a) for the first longitudinal segment positioned parallel to and on a first side of the cell major axis (X.sub.M), and the longitudinal axis (X.sub.a) for the second longitudinal segment positioned parallel to and on a second opposite side of the cell major axis (X.sub.M);(c) an undulating pattern comprising a plurality of peaks spaced outwardly from and a plurality of valleys spaced inwardly from the longitudinal axes (X.sub.a), the spacing extending at least partially along the undulating pattern between the first and second ends;the first and second longitudinal segments being configured such that the spacing between the first and second spaced-apart longitudinal elements remains substantially unchanged as the stent body is expanded from the un-deployed orientation to the deployed orientation.