Patent ID: 8623065

Claim:
A stent-graft, comprising: a permanently implantable support component having multiple turns of an undulating member, each turn of said undulating member having multiple undulations defining multiple apexes, with undulations in one turn generally in-phase with undulations in an adjacent turn; said support component having an expandable configuration and an expanded configuration, a permanently implantable graft component permanently attached in-part to said support component at a number of attachment points which allow sliding of the support component relative to said graft component when said support component is in said expanded configuration, said support component having a number of said multiple apexes which are unattached to said graft component and which can move longitudinally relative to said graft component, said support component having a number of said multiple apexes which are unattached to said graft component and which can move longitudinally with respect to each other.