Patent ID: 7354450

Claim:
A stent having a proximal end and a distal end, the stent comprising: a plurality of axially spaced serpentine bands, each serpentine band having a proximal and distal end and consisting of a plurality of interconnected struts, the struts of substantially the same length, serpentine bands which are adjacent one another connected one to the other; and a plurality of wishbone connectors, each wishbone connector connecting two serpentine bands which are adjacent one another and having an elongate portion which is disposed between the two serpentine bands and does not overlap longitudinally with either of the two serpentine bands, the elongate portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end having two legs extending therefrom to one of the two serpentine bands and the distal end having two legs extending therefrom to the other of the two serpentine bands, the two legs extending from the proximal end of the elongate portion of each wishbone connector being circumferentially and longitudinally displaced from the two legs extending from the distal end of the elongate portion of the wishbone connector, at least one wishbone connector connecting serpentine bands which are adjacent one another.