Patent ID: 8551156
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: A61F,B23K

Abstract:
1. A stent comprising: a seamless tubular workpiece from which a plurality of stenting turns are formed from stenting struts interspersed by points of inflection, the stenting turns defining a lumen centered on a longitudinal axis; and a plurality of connector struts having a first end connected to one of two adjacent stenting turns and a second end connected to the other of the two adjacent stenting turns, at least one of the connector struts having a transverse cross-section including a luminal apex at the intersection of a first straight line and a second straight line, the luminal apex being the closest approach of the connector strut to the longitudinal axis, and an abluminal apex at the intersection of a third straight line and a fourth straight line, the abluminal apex being the point on the connector strut furthest from the longitudinal axis, each of the first, second, third and fourth straight lines lying in a plane that does not intersect the longitudinal axis, the first, second, third, and fourth straight lines together defining an entire outer perimeter of the transverse cross-section, the transverse cross-section being symmetrical about a plane that extends through the luminal apex, the abluminal apex, and the longitudinal axis.