Patent ID: 8778010

Claim:
An endoluminal prosthesis comprising: a tubular body adapted to turn from a collapsed state to an expanded state, said tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis, said tubular body comprising a plurality of serpentines, or closed meander paths, extending along a substantially circumferential direction, and at least one bridge connecting adjacent serpentines, each of said serpentines comprising arm portions, or arms, and bend portions, or bends which join two subsequent arms to form said serpentine or meander path, wherein each bend of a serpentine facing an adjacent serpentine is circumferentially offset relative to all bends of the adjacent serpentine, both when the tubular body is in the collapsed state and when the tubular body is in the expanded state, wherein said serpentines are grouped in at least two portions arranged along said longitudinal axis, wherein a first portion comprises at least two adjacent serpentines interconnected by at least one bridge connecting a first bend of a first serpentine of the at least two adjacent serpentines to a second bend of a second serpentine of the at least two adjacent serpentines, wherein the second bend is the bend of the second serpentine nearest to the first bend, wherein at least one bend of the first serpentine facing the second serpentine is not connected by a bridge to any bends of the second serpentine facing the first, and wherein a second portion comprises at least two adjacent serpentines wherein each bend of a first serpentine of the at least two adjacent serpentines facing a second serpentine of the at least two serpentines is connected by a bridge to a corresponding adjacent bend of the second serpentine facing the first serpentine which is the nearest distance from the corresponding bend of the first serpentine.