Patent ID: 8876849

Claim:
An intraluminal device comprising: a first end; a second end, the first and second ends of the device defining a longitudinal axis; a plurality of struts extending from the first end to the second end; and at least one of the plurality of struts comprising: a proximal strut portion adjacent to the first end; a distal strut portion adjacent to the second end; and a mid-strut portion between the proximal strut portion and the distal strut portion, the mid-strut portion having at least two struts; wherein when in an expanded configuration, the plurality of struts are biased away from one another, the at least two struts of the mid-strut portion are biased away from each other, where the plurality of struts converge towards the longitudinal axis at the second end, and where the device has a flat plate crush resistance that is less than 15 Newtons.