Patent ID: 8603155
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A stent having a base body circumscribing a cylindrical shape and radially expandable from a contracted starting position into a dilated support position, comprising: a) a plurality of struts, each strut comprising alternating curves separated by a straight segment, the struts being disposed in the circumferential direction and arrayed such that an inside zenith point of a first curve is aligned in the axial direction of the stent with an inside zenith point of a second curve on an adjacent strut, each strut being made of a flexible material; and b) at least one axial connector in the axial direction, connecting the struts of the two axially adjacent curves; wherein the at least one axial connector connects the inside radius of the zenith point of the first curve directly to the inside radius of the zenith point of the second curve; wherein the at least one axial connector at the inside radius of the zenith point of the first curve has at least two arms forming an at least double-arm structure.