Patent ID: 8628565
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A stent, comprising: a tubular body having a first end ring and a second end ring and a plurality of body rings therebetween; the end rings and the body rings being positioned in an out-of-phase relationship; first links connecting the end rings to the body rings and second links connecting adjacent body rings, wherein only two first links connect the first end ring to an adjacent body ring, only two first links connect the second end ring to an adjacent body ring and only two second links connect adjacent body rings together; the first links having a first length and the second links having a second length, the first length being greater than the second length; and the first end ring and the second end ring each having a first length that is shorter than a second length of the body rings, wherein the first and second end rings and the body rings have crests, the first and second links extending from a crest on one ring to an axially adjacent crest on an adjacent ring and the only two first links connecting the first end ring to the adjacent body ring are spaced apart by only two crests in one circumferential direction and the only two second links are circumferentially offset from one body ring to the adjacent body ring by one and one-half crests in one circumferential direction and two and one-half crests in the opposite circumferential direction.