Twisted stent

摘要

A stent is disclosed and can include a stent body having a longitudinal axis. The stent body can also have a network of struts that can define a plurality of cells defined between interconnected struts. Each of the plurality of cells includes a major axis that is angled with respect to the longitudinal axis to form a cell angle, β.

主权项

1. A stent, comprising:
a stent body having a network of struts arranged along a longitudinal axis, a plurality of cells defined between all of the interconnected struts of the network of struts, each of the plurality of cells of the stent body defining convex cells including a cell major axis through spaced apart first and second strut intersection points, each cell major axis is parallel to all other cell major axes and each cell major axis lies in a mirror plane of the cell that symmetrically bisects the cell forming a non-zero cell angle, β, with respect to the longitudinal axis in the same direction, each of the plurality of cells including at least one strut oriented parallel to the cell major axis.