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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2001
Max Schaldach, late of Erlangen, DE;
Daniel Lootz, Warnemuende, DE;
Karsten Koop, Rostock, DE;
Curt Kranz, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
A stent, in particular a coronary stent, for expansion from a first condition into an expanded second condition in which it holds a vessel in an expanded state, comprising a tubular body whose peripheral surface ( ) is formed by a number of annular support portions ( ) comprising bar elements ( ) which are connected in the longitudinal direction of the stent by way of connecting bars ( ), wherein the bar elements ( ) of at least a first support portion ( ) and a second support portion ( ) in adjacent relationship in a first direction ( ) extend in a meander configuration in the peripheral direction of the stent and the connecting bars ( ) to the second support portion ( ) engage in the region of the turning points ( ) of the first support portion ( ), which turning points face in the first direction ( ), wherein at least two adjacent connecting bars ( ) engage respectively in the region of a turning point ( ) of the second support portion ( ), which turning point projects in a second direction ( ) in opposite relationship to the first direction ( ).