Patent ID: 7160319

Claim:
A modular stent comprising at least two modular components adapted to be joined together in situ: a first modular component comprising a multi-section stent comprising a first section, having a braided first stent architecture and a first geometric configuration with a first flexibility and a first radial force, and a second section, having a wound second stent architecture and a second geometric configuration with a second flexibility less than the first flexibility and a second radial force greater than the first radial force, the first component comprising at least one continuous filament contained in both the first and second sections; and a second modular component comprising a multi-section filamentary stent comprising a third section, having a braided third stent architecture and a third geometric configuration and a fourth section, having a wound fourth stent architecture in a fourth geometric configuration, the second component comprising at least one continuous filament contained in both the third and fourth sections.