Patent ID: 7235098

Claim:
An endoluminal stent having a plurality of structural elements defining luminal and abluminal wall surfaces thereof, a central lumen, and a plurality of openings passing through the luminal and abluminal wall surfaces, comprising at least one microelectromechanical system operably associated with at least one of the plurality of structural elements, wherein the plurality of structural elements further comprise a plurality of arcuate members having a plurality of first projections, wherein the stent further comprises a plurality of micromotors operably associated with each of the plurality of arcuate members, each of the plurality of micromotors having at least one drive element having a plurality of second projections, the plurality of second projections interfacing with at least some of the plurality of first projections, whereby actuation of the plurality of micromotors causes the at least one drive element to engage at least some of the plurality of second projections with at least some of the plurality of first projections on at least one of the plurality of arcuate members and axially displace the at least one of a plurality of arcuate members.