INTRALUMINAL MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING ASYMETRICAL MEMBERS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZATION.

摘要

This invention relates generally to expandable intraluminal medical devices for use within a body passageway or duct, and more particularly to an optimized stent having asymmetrical strut and loop members and the method for designing and optimizing said strut and loop members in a continuously variable fashion. In one embodiment of the invention the resulting stent includes one or more member seach having at least one component. The component has non-uniform cross-sections to achieve near-uniform stress distribution along the component when the component undergoes deformation.