Patent ID: 8657871

Claim:
An intravascular stent for use in a body lumen, comprising: a distal section, a proximal section, and a central section positioned between the distal section and the proximal section, each section being aligned along a common longitudinal axis forming the stent; the distal section and the proximal section having cylindrical rings, wherein the distal section includes all cylindrical rings distal to the central section and the proximal section includes all cylindrical rings proximal to the central section; the cylindrical rings in the distal section and the proximal section being connected by undulating links; and the central section consisting of a single cylindrical ring having a substantially uniform repeating series of struts that form the single cylindrical ring of the central section wherein each strut has a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end of each strut being connected to the undulating links of the distal section and the proximal end of each strut being connected to peaks on the cylindrical rings of the proximal section; wherein the distal section has a first length, the proximal section has a second length, and the central section has a third length, the third length being longer than either of the first length and the second length.