Patent ID: 7465315
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A stent for repairing a bifurcated vessel, comprising: a cylindrical body having a plurality of rings aligned along a common longitudinal axis; each ring having a delivery diameter and an implanted diameter and a plurality of peaks configured to spread apart to permit the rings to expand radially outwardly or compress radially inwardly; the cylindrical body having a proximal section, a distal section, and a central section; each ring being connected to each adjacent ring by at least one link extending between peaks wherein such peaks point in a same direction; and at least one peak of a central section ring being connected to at least one peak of a proximal section ring by at least one link wherein the connected peaks point toward each other, and at least one peak in every ring is not connected to any peak in an adjacent ring.