Patent ID: 8900289
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A stent comprising: a stent body defining a longitudinal axis, the stent body being expandable from a first, unexpanded orientation to a second, expanded orientation, the stent body including: a plurality of cell defining portions, each of the cell defining portions defining a length and a major axis that extends along the length, each of the cell defining portions including first and second segments, the first and second segments each extending about the stent body in an undulating pattern, wherein in the first, unexpanded orientation of the stent body, the undulating pattern includes a plurality of peaks and valleys joined by spaced-apart straight segments that are parallel to each other, the spaced-apart straight segments defining a length that extends perpendicular to the major axis of a respective one of the cell defining portions; a pair of first connection locations positioned on circumferentially opposite sides of at least one of the cell defining portions of the plurality of cell defining portions for connecting the at least one cell defining portion to a circumferentially adjacent one of the cell defining portions; and a pair of second connection locations positioned on axially opposite sides of the at least one cell defining portion for connecting the at least one cell defining portion to an axially adjacent cell defining portion, wherein each of the first and second segments includes first and second spaced-apart elements extending from one of the first connection locations to one of the second connection locations and defining the undulating pattern.