Patent ID: 6083258
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An expandable intraluminal stent able to resist axial compression, comprising:a body portion having a generally cylindrical structure formed by a series of interconnected structural members, at least one of said structural members being formed of two portions having overlapping free ends; anda plurality of teeth projecting on adjacent surfaces of said overlapping free ends,wherein said stent is expanded to allow said two portions of said at least one structural member to overlap at said free ends, wherein said teeth on said adjacent surfaces of said overlapping free ends of said structural member engage one another to retain said stent in its expanded shape, and wherein at least some of said interconnecting structural members form a triangular substructure having a base structural member and two angled structural members wherein said base structural member of said triangular substructure is formed of two portions having overlapping free ends.