Endoluminal stent having mid-interconnecting members

An endoluminal stent (30) composed of a plurality of circumferential expansion elements (12) arrayed to form the circumference of the stent and extending along the longitudinal axis of the stent, and a plurality of interconnecting members (14) that interconnect adjacent pairs of circumferential expa...

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Hauptverfasser: Rosenbaum, David G, Banas, Christopher E
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:An endoluminal stent (30) composed of a plurality of circumferential expansion elements (12) arrayed to form the circumference of the stent and extending along the longitudinal axis of the stent, and a plurality of interconnecting members (14) that interconnect adjacent pairs of circumferential expansion elements, the interconnecting members joining struts (16) of adjacent pairs of interconnecting members at approximate mid-points of the struts.