摘要 |
A stent, particularly a coronary stent, which includes at least one thin-walled, tubular body (2), the surface (1) of which is divided into strap-like, expandable elements (4,4',4'',4''',4'''') extending in the longitudinal direction of the stent and expandable in the circumferential direction thereof and, which elements are linked by at least one joining strap (6,6'). Two expandable elements (4,4',4'',4''',4'''') are juxtaposed in the circumferential direction of the stent and, by means of an end attachment (8), with the end face (4.4') of an expandable element (4,4',4'',4''',4'''') adjoining in the longitudinal direction of the stent. The surface (1) in the non-expanded condition is substantially free of apertures and is divided by partition lines (3), which have a considerably smaller width compared with the strap width of the expandable elements (4,4',4'',4''',4''''). |