Patent ID: 7625400

Claim:
An intraluminal device, comprising: a tubular structure expandable from a compressed condition to an expanded condition, the tubular structure having a first pattern and a second pattern in the compressed condition and the expanded condition, said tubular structure comprising a plurality of structural elements, said tubular structure having a first end and an opposite second end, a circumference of said tubular structure including a first side and a second side, said first side of said circumference comprising a first pattern of said structural elements and said second side of said circumference comprising a second pattern of said structural elements, said structural elements of said first pattern interconnected by a plurality of first interconnecting members, and said structural elements of said second pattern interconnected by a plurality of second interconnecting members, said plurality of first interconnecting members shorter in length than said plurality of second interconnecting members in a predeployed state, said first pattern expandable to a first length between said first end and said second end and said second pattern expandable to a second length between said first end and said second end, said first pattern being different than said second pattern and said first length being shorter than said second length, and wherein said tubular structure in an expanded condition comprises a curved shape.