Patent ID: 8668729

Claim:
A stent for implantation in a blood vessel, said stent having a proximal end and a distal end and comprising a plurality of rings, which are disposed successively in the stent's longitudinal direction and which are made up of meandering circumferential supports, and further comprising a prosthesis material which is fixed to the rings and which connects them, said prosthesis material and said rings forming a hollow cylindrical body, the hollow cylindrical body having a circumference and forming a jacket which is substantially closed on the circumference and further comprising a last ring, a penultimate ring and a third last ring at the proximal end, wherein only between the last ring and the penultimate ring at the proximal end of the stent one V-shaped connecting support is provided and connects the last and penultimate rings to one another, and wherein apart from the last ring and the penultimate ring, which are connected via the V-shaped connecting support, the rings are only connected to one another by said prosthesis material, and wherein an area free of prosthesis material is braced between the last ring and the penultimate ring only in the area of the V-shaped connecting support.