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Varying circumferential spanned connectors in a stent

  • US 20040267353A1
  • Filed: 06/25/2003
  • Published: 12/30/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A stent comprising:

  • a plurality of serpentine circumferential bands, each serpentine circumferential band having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, a plurality of proximal turns at said proximal end portion and a plurality of distal turns at said distal end portion; and

    a plurality of connector columns, each connector column located between two adjacent serpentine circumferential bands, each connector column comprising a plurality of connector struts, each connector strut coupled at a first end to a serpentine circumferential band and coupled at a second end to another serpentine circumferential band;

    wherein the number of proximal turns in a serpentine circumferential band is a multiple of 3, and wherein the number of connector struts in a connector column is a multiple of 2, and wherein the number of connector struts in a connector column is less than the number of proximal turns in an adjacent serpentine circumferential band.

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