Flexible and expandable stent
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the invention, a stent may be provided comprising a first undulating band comprising a series of alternating first peaks and first troughs and a second undulating band comprising a series of alternating second peaks and second troughs. The first undulating band has a first wavelength and a first amplitude and the second undulating band has a second wavelength and a second amplitude where the second amplitude is different from the first amplitude and the second wavelength is different from the first wavelength. A plurality of longitudinally oriented first connectors extend between the first peaks and second peaks.
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- 24. A stent having a plurality of undulating bands, some of the undulating bands interconnected by first longitudinal connectors and by very short connectors, the very short connectors being shorter than the first longitudinal connectors, others of the undulating bands interconnected only by first longitudinal connectors.
- 34. A stent having a plurality of undulating bands including first undulating bands of a first wavelength and second undulating bands of a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, first and second undulating bands which are adjacent one another connected via a plurality of longitudinal connectors, some, but not all first and second bands which are adjacent one another further connected to one another by second connectors which are shorter than the longitudinal connectors.
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