Patent ID: 8920487

Claim:
A stent comprising: a plurality of first loop containing sections arranged generally in a circumferential direction and spaced apart from one another, loops in said first loop containing sections occurring at a first frequency and having a first width, said first loop containing sections including widened struts having a second width greater than said first width, wherein adjacent widened struts are joined by one loop of said first loop containing section having said first width, wherein at least one said widened strut has a reservoir; a plurality of second loop containing sections arranged generally in a circumferential direction having struts, each strut having a length extending generally in a longitudinal direction of the stent, loops in said second loop containing sections occurring at a second frequency that is higher than said first frequency, said second loop containing sections consecutively alternating with said first loop containing sections along a longitudinal axis of the stent, said second loop containing sections alternately intersecting with longitudinally neighboring first loop containing sections at every third loop of each of said second loop containing sections around the circumference of the stent; and wherein said first loop containing sections provide radial support upon expansion of the stent and said second loop containing sections provide longitudinal flexibility of the stent.