Patent ID: 8858616

Claim:
A stent for implantation into a living body comprising: a first bridge extending around a circumference of said stent and having a length along a longitudinal axis; a second bridge extending around the circumference of said stent and having a length along a longitudinal axis; a node region coupling said first bridge to said second bridge; wherein said first bridge includes an undulating portion comprising a plurality of arches each having an apex, and wherein the length between the apex of consecutive arches is between 0.05 millimeters and 0.4 millimeters; wherein said plurality of arches have a maximum arch angle between approximately 3 degrees and approximately 30 degrees, and wherein said arch angle is the angle between a first line perpendicular to an outer surface of said first bridge at a point along the length of the first bridge and a second line perpendicular to the outer surface of the first bridge at said apex of said arch; and wherein the width of said first bridge is constant along its length.