Patent ID: 8702787

Claim:
An endoluminal prosthesis comprising: a tubular graft comprising a graft material, a proximal portion having a proximal opening, and a distal portion having a distal opening, the proximal and distal openings and the graft material forming a lumen for the flow of body fluid therethrough; and a first annular support member comprising a plurality of spokes coupled by a plurality of apices to form a closed ring, having an axis extending longitudinally therethrough, a second annular support member comprising a plurality of spokes coupled by a plurality of apices to form a closed ring, having an axis extending longitudinally therethrough, said first and second annular support members being attached to said tubular graft, but otherwise unconnected to one another, wherein each of the annular support members are attached to the graft material along the tubular graft to define, for each of the plurality of annular support members, a corresponding circumferential area of the graft material around a corresponding annular support member, wherein at least one of the apices of said first annular support member is attached within the corresponding circumferential area of the graft material of said second annular support member, which is adjacent the first annular support member, so that at least one of the apices of said first annular support member extends axially toward said second support member and axially beyond one of said apices of said second annular support member, and wherein at least one of the apices of the first annular support member extends axially beyond an other of the apices of the first annular support member.