Patent ID: 8092512

Claim:
An intraluminal device for implantation into a body lumen comprising: an elongate tubular stent formed of a helically wound wire defining a plurality of wire waves wherein said wire waves are longitudinally nested within each other; the stent having an unexpanded state, the plurality of wire waves comprising a first wire wave and a second wire wave, the first wire wave being longitudinally adjacent to the second wire wave, wherein at least a portion of the first wire wave is in direct contact with at least a portion of the second wire wave in the unexpanded state; the stent having a length; and a lumen defined by a covering extending along at least a portion of the length of the stent, wherein the stent defines an open area between portions of the longitudinally adjacent wire waves, the percentage of open area in relation to the total surface area of the stent is less than 28%, when the stent is in the unexpanded state.