Patent ID: 7326239

Claim:
A structure of a prosthesis intended to be implanted in a human or animal passage to provide through-passage along said passage, said structure comprising: at least one mesh which, at least in part, is approximately cylindrical and comprises at least one corrugated filament forming approximately annular units linked together, at least some corrugations of said corrugated filament of two respective adjacent units of said annular units being linked together by a plurality of linking means, wherein at least some of said linking means comprise links which are made as a rigid piece, wherein each of said links is provided with a sole central portion and two loops, one loop at each of the ends of said central portion, wherein each of said two loops allows (a) a first shape of an arc of a circle prior to linking and (b) a second shape of an entirely closed loop, in the linking position, wherein each of the two closed loops of each of said links entraps, in said linking position, with some clearance, a respective one of two of said corrugations, which are to be linked together.