Patent ID: 7862606

Claim:
A stent comprising a material with an elongation at rupture of 30% or less and with a tubular base body which at least in part comprises structural segments which are interconnected in the longitudinal direction of the stent by way of transverse connectors and wherein the structural segments comprise a zigzagging or undulating structure of a brace which is wrapped around the longitudinal axis of the stent, wherein the brace in a turning region of the zigzagging or undulating structure comprises at least one straight bending section that extends in an essentially circumferential direction, wherein the brace comprises S-shaped limb sections located between the turning regions, wherein a first plurality of turning regions contact a transverse connector and the first plurality of turning regions comprise straight bending sections positioned on both sides of a contact point of a transverse connector, and the straight bending sections positioned on both sides of the contact point of the transverse connector are offset from a circumferential direction between about 8 and about 10 degrees and are angled in opposite directions relative to the circumferential direction, and wherein said S-shaped limb sections are adapted such that the limb sections extend in the circumferential direction when the stent is expanded in the circumferential direction.