Patent ID: 9125760
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A stent radially distensible between a radially contracted state and a radially expanded state, wherein when the stent is in the radially contracted state and when the stent is in the radially expanded state the stent comprises: a tubular wall having opposed open ends, an uneven outer surface, and an uneven inner surface, the inner and outer surfaces being formed by a plurality of helically wound elongate members in direct contact with one another so that the wall has substantially no gaps, adjacent elongate members being either overlapping or juxtaposed; wherein the elongate members have a first shape in the radially contracted state, the first shape being triangular-shaped members, the triangular-shaped members comprising first triangular-shaped members having a first same triangular shape and second triangular-shaped members having a second same triangular shape different from the first same triangular shape, wherein a first triangular-shaped member overlaps a second triangular-shaped member.