Patent ID: 6096072
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A self-expandable stent, comprising:a plurality of rows of circularly arranged annular members situated side by side in one direction, said annular members in one row being formed substantially independently and spaced for a predetermined distance away from each other so that each of the annular members in one row is disposed between two of the annular members in another row situated adjacent thereto and between two of the annular members in the other row situated at a side opposite to said another row relative to said one row, andconnecting rods for connecting the annular members together, four connecting rods extending from one annular member to connect said one annular member to four annular members adjacent thereto so that two out of the four connecting rods being connected to said two of the annular members in said another row and the other two out of the four connecting rods being connected to said two of the annular members in said other row.