Patent ID: 6497723
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
Stent for transluminal implantation in tubular organs, especially blood vessels, comprisingan essentially tubular body which is modifiable from a compressed state with an initial diameter into an expanded state with an enlarged diameter, several basic expansion elements (13) which are mutually connected and form at least two chains (14, 15), several intermediate elements (16) which connect the expansion elements (13) of neighboring chains (14, 15) and incorporate at least one section (16a) that extends at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis (aâ€”a) of the stent, so as to at least partially compensate for the reduction in length of the stent as it is expanded, characterized in that, between the first, basic expansion elements (13) of neighboring chains (14, 15) which are connected by intermediate elements (16), at least one additional expansion element (17) is provided the elastic deformability of which is greater than that of the basic expansion elements (13).