Patent ID: 6491718
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A stent for holding open a lumen within a body, particulary in a blood vessel, comprising:a) a tubular-shaped stent, formed from a metal tube, extending along a longitudinal axis, having first end and a second end at opposite ends of the longitudinal axis, the stent having a wall surface extending between the first and second ends, the wall surface further comprising an un-expanded wall surface pattern including: 1) longitude rows of interconnected repeated series of S, S, reverse S, reverse S shapes along the longitudinal axis of said stent; 2) radial rows of connected S-shapes formed about the outter surface of said tube; and b) said wall surface, having a relatively narrow cross-section, providing means for said stent to be placed in the lumen in one step.