Patent ID: 7850726
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An endoprosthesis for delivery in a body lumen comprising: a web structure defining an essentially tubular body expandable from a contracted configuration to an expanded configuration; a plurality of longitudinally adjacent web rings defining the web structure; a plurality of sequentially adjoined web elements defining the web rings, the web elements being disposed substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the essentially tubular body when in the contracted configuration, pairs of the web elements being sequentially adjoined at junction bends; wherein a first junction bend in a first web ring is connected to a second junction bend in a second web ring by a connector having a first strut and a second strut, the first strut and second strut being essentially parallel one to the other with a space between at least a portion of the first strut and the second strut; wherein a first foot extension joins the first to the second struts; wherein the first foot extension includes a first member extending from the first strut and providing a sole portion of the first foot extension, and a second member interposed between the sole portion and the second strut and providing a toe portion of the first foot extension; and wherein the sole portion has an essentially rectilinear shape and the toe portion has an essentially arcuate shape.