Patent ID: 7763011

Claim:
A stent comprising: a plurality of stent members, the plurality of stent members interwoven to form a substantially tubular body, the substantially tubular body defining a flow path therethrough, the substantially tubular body comprising a first region and a second region, the second region being immediately adjacent to the first region, the first region comprising the plurality of stent members interwoven to form a first braid defining a plurality of first region openings, the second region comprising at least one second braid, the at least one second braid comprising at least one strand, the at least one strand comprising at least two of the plurality of stent members, the at least one second braid defining a plurality of second region openings, at least one of the plurality of second region openings being in bodily fluid communication with the flow path, the plurality of second region openings providing the second region with a greater porosity than the first region.