Patent ID: 6485508
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An endovascular stent comprising:a hollow cylindrical body comprised of a first ring and a second ring, each of the rings having a width and extending circumferentially around the cylindrical body, each ring including an undulating series of peaks and valleys formed by opposing angled segments joined to each other by straight segments; an inflection point interrupting at least one straight segment on each of the first and second rings to produce a generally circumferential offset in each of the segments; a link joining the first and second rings by extending between the inflection point on the segment of the first ring and the inflection point on the segment of the second ring, the link having: a width approximately equal to the width of the first and second rings; a central angle; a first substantially straight end; and a second end including an angle nearly equal to, and bending in the opposite direction from the central angle of the link, the first and second ends having substantially equal lengths and extending from the central angle of the link, wherein the link is asymmetrical about a radial plane located at the central angle.