Patent ID: 8876888
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A stent comprising: a stent body expandable between an un-deployed orientation and a deployed orientation, the stent body having a circumference and a longitudinal axis extending between first and second open ends; the stent body having a plurality of circumferential support structures which extend generally about the circumference of the stent, each circumferential support structure including pairs of longitudinal struts alternating with single longitudinal struts and interconnected at apex portions to define an undulating pattern, each longitudinal strut of the pair of longitudinal struts having at least two widths, each single longitudinal strut including a single width; at least some of the apex portions of adjacent circumferential support structures being configured to longitudinally extend past each other when in the un-deployed orientation thus providing longitudinal overlap; and a plurality of connecting struts interconnecting at least some of the adjacent circumferential support structures, the connecting struts extending generally circumferentially between the apex portions that longitudinally overlap.