Patent ID: 6596021
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A stent having longitudinal and peripheral directions comprising:at least one fist tubular portion; and at least one second tubular portion; wherein each said first and second tubular portion comprises: a plurality of cells arranged in adjacent relationship in the peripheral direction; wherein the plurality of cells comprises two meander bars that are mutually facing closed bars that extend in a substantially sinusoidal meander configuration in the peripheral direction, the two meander bars joined by a plurality of single bar connectors extending substantially in the longitudinal direction; each of the meander bars comprising a plurality of first arcuate portions and second arcuate portions, with the first and second arcuate portions joined in alternating fashion, with each second arcuate portion longer in the longitudinal direction than the first arcuate portions; and at least one double bar connector connecting cells of each first tubular portion to cells of a longitudinally-adjacent second tubular portion.