摘要 |
<p>A stent in a non-expanded state, comprising expansion columns including individual expansion struts forming a plurality of expansion strut pairs, wherein two adjacent expansion strut pairs share a common strut, wherein one expansion strut of an expansion strut pair of an expansion column has a stair-step segment at a proximal section and the other expansion strut of the expansion strut pair has a stair-step segment at a distal section; a first connecting strut column including a plurality of individual first connecting struts that couple a first and a second expansion column, wherein each of a first connecting strut in the first connecting strut column has a stair-step geometric configuration.</p> |