| abstract |
A stent for transluminal implantation in hollow organs, in particular in slut vessels, ureters, esophagus or biliary tract, is described with an essentially tubular body. The tubular body can be converted from a compressed state with a first cross-sectional diameter to an expanded state with an enlarged second cross-sectional diameter. The wall of the tubular body has repeated openings, which ensure expansion, both in the longitudinal direction and in the circumferential direction of the stent. Each opening has at least one section which is arranged obliquely to its longitudinal axis both in the compressed and in the expanded state of the stent. |