Tabbed stent with minimum compressed profile

摘要

A structure and method associated with a tabbed stent (100) that facilitates folding of its unconnected crowns (112A-112F) over the adjacent connected crowns (110A-110F) are provided, to thus minimize the stent's compressed diameter. The middles (206) of tabs (108A, 108B) and connected crowns (110A-110F) are moved radially inwards with respect to unconnected neighbor crowns (112A-112F) such that when in a compressed configuration the unconnected neighbor crowns (112A-112F) overlap the connected crowns (110A-110F). The tabs (108A, 108B) of tabbed stent (100) facilitate folding of the unconnected neighbor crowns (112A-112F) over the connected crowns (110A-110F) connected to the tabs (108A, 108B). In this manner, the compressed profile of the tabbed stent and the crossing profile of the catheter containing the tabbed stent is minimized.