Patent ID: 7651524

Claim:
A stent comprising: a plurality of wavy annular members arranged in an axial direction thereof, wherein each of said wavy annular members has a plurality of one-end side bent portions each having an apex at a one-end side of said stent in said axial direction thereof and a plurality of other-end side bent portions each having an apex at an other-end side of said stent in said axial direction thereof; and in said wavy annular members disposed adjacently to each other in said axial direction of said stent, said wavy annular member disposed at said one-end side of said stent in said axial direction thereof has a sharing linear portion having a start point at or in the vicinity of said apex of one of said other-end side bent of said wavy annular member disposed at said one-end side of said stent, and a termination point between said apex of said other-end side bent portion of said wavy annular member disposed at said one-end side of said stent and said apex of one of said one-end side bent portions of said wavy annular member disposed at said one-end side of said stent, wherein said wavy annular member disposed at said one-end side of said stent comprises both the start point and the termination point of said sharing linear portion; and said stent having a plurality of said sharing linear portions integrating said adjacent wavy annular members with each other; wherein said wavy annular member has a short linear portion connecting said termination point of said sharing linear portion thereof and the apex of said one-end side bent portion thereof to each other; and wherein said short linear portions each connecting said start point of said sharing linear portion and said apex of said other-end side bent portion to each other are formed not continuously in said axial direction of said stent, but said short linear portions are formed substantially straight.