Patent ID: 7118593

Claim:
A stent for placement in a bifurcated body lumen, the stent comprising: a body defining a first substantially cylindrical volume when configured in a first collapsed position and a second substantially cylindrical volume when configured in a second expanded position, the second substantially cylindrical volume being greater than the first substantially cylindrical volume being greater than the first substantially cylindrical volume, the body including: a first open end; a second open end; and a deflectable element having a first position when the body is in the first collapsed position and a second position when the body is in the second expanded position such that when the deflectable element is in the first position the deflectable element defines a first collapsed side access opening and is disposed in the first substantially cylindrical volume, and when the deflectable element is in the second position the deflectable element defines a second expanded side opening different in shape than the collapsed side opening and the deflectable element extends outside of the second substantially cylindrical volume, the deflectable element comprising a plurality of deflectable members, the plurality of deflectable members spaced about the perimeter of the side opening.