Patent ID: 7637936
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A stent of interconnected cells comprising a plurality of bands of circumferentially oriented S-shaped cells and a plurality of bands of circumferentially oriented mirror image S-shaped cells, each cell defined by a closed pathway along one band and having a top end, a bottom end, a proximal end and a distal end, the top end of each cell attached to the bottom end of an adjacent cell in the band, the bands of S-shape cells alternating with the bands of mirror image S-shaped cells over the length of the stent wherein adjacent alternating bands are connected so that the distal end of a cell in a band is attached to the proximal end of a cell in an adjacent band, the distal end of the cell being located proximal to the proximal end of the cell in the adjacent band.