CPC A61F 2/90 (2013.01) [A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2/88 (2013.01); A61F 2002/045 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0045 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0007 (2013.01); A61F 2250/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0012 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0017 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A stent, the stent comprising:
a knitted elongated tubular member radially expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration, the knitted elongated tubular member comprising a single filament forming a plurality of rows extending circumferentially around the tubular member;
wherein each row includes a plurality of loops formed from the filament and a plurality of rung portions formed from the filament, wherein one of the rung portions extends between adjacent ones of the loops;
wherein each loop of the plurality of loops includes a loop portion and an overlapping base portion;
wherein each overlapping base portion includes a respective first segment of the filament crossing over a respective second segment of the filament;
wherein each loop portion includes a respective third segment of the filament extending between one of the respective first segments and one of the respective second segments;
wherein a length of the rung portions in the collapsed configuration is less than a length of the rung portions in the expanded configuration.
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