摘要 |
The present invention provides a stent which is flexible in the axial direction prior to the expansion of the stent, which shows no contraction in the axial length of the stent during expansion of the stent, which has an extremely large resistance to forces exerted by contracting blood vessels after expansion, which can cause uniform expansion of the struts of the stent, and in which there is no problem of the end portions of the stent warping to a greater diameter than the central portion of the stent at the time of expansion, furthermore a stent in which the size of the basic cells that constitute the stent is reduced so that bulging of endothelial cells of vascular tissues into the inside of the stent is suppressed, furthermore a stent which allows Y stenting into branched blood vessels while maintaining a high radial force and superior scaffold properties. <IMAGE> |