Patent ID: 8372135
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An expandable stent, comprising: a plurality of adjacent non-helical cylindrical elements axially spaced along a cylindrical axis and joined together by a plurality of connecting segments, wherein each connecting segment is nonparallel with respect to a cylindrical axis; the cylindrical elements comprising a plurality of substantially linear portions joined together by a plurality of curved portions, wherein at least one cylindrical element includes a repeating pattern of a first segment alternating with a second segment, wherein each first segment is connected to exactly two connecting segments and consists of three substantially linear portions connected to each other by curved portions, wherein each second segment is connected to exactly two connecting segments and consists of five substantially linear portions connected to each other by curved portions; and a plurality of expandable helical segments consisting of a plurality of the first segments connected by the connecting segments.