Patent ID: 7942922

Claim:
An expandable stent, comprising: a plurality of adjacent cylindrical elements connected to one another by a plurality of connecting elements; each cylindrical element including a plurality of first circumferential segments, each first circumferential segment extending between two connecting elements and including five linear segments; each cylindrical element including a plurality of second circumferential segments, each second circumferential segment extending between two connecting elements and including three linear segments; the first and second circumferential segments alternating with one another in each cylindrical element; wherein the first circumferential segments of adjacent cylindrical elements are offset from each other to form a first helical segment consisting of a plurality of the first circumferential segments alternating with a plurality of the connecting elements; and wherein the second circumferential segments of adjacent cylindrical elements are offset from each other to form a second helical segment including a plurality of second circumferential segments alternating with a plurality of the connecting elements.