| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical device suitable to be located in a body lumen.SOLUTION: A stent 10 suitable to be located in a blood vessel to support at least part of an internal wall of the blood vessel includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced annular elements 11, and a plurality of connecting elements 12 to connect adjacent annular elements 11. Each connecting element is circumferentially offset from the previous connecting element. Upon application of a load to the stent, the stent moves from an unloaded configuration to a loaded configuration. In the loaded configuration, the longitudinal axis of the stent is curved in the three-dimensional space, and the stent is helically shaped. |
