Patent ID: 6123721
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A stent in a non-expanded state, comprising:a first expansion column including a plurality of expansion strut pairs, a first expansion strut pair in the first column including a first expansion strut, a second expansion strut and a joining strut, the first expansion strut pair forming a chevron shaped slot in the first expansion column, the expansion struts in the first expansion strut column each having a chevron shape, and one of the expansion struts in the first expansion strut column having a stepped apex;a second expansion column including a plurality of expansion strut pairs, a first expansion strut pair in the second expansion column including a first expansion strut, a second expansion strut and a joining strut, a first expansion strut pair in the second expansion column forming a chevron shaped slot in the second expansion column, at least one of the expansion struts in the second expansion column having a chevron shape; andplurality of first serial connecting struts forming a first serial connecting strut column, the plurality of first serial connecting struts coupling the first expansion column to the second expansion column, a first serial connecting strut in the first serial connecting strut column coupling the second expansion strut of the first expansion column to the second expansion strut of the second expansion column.