| abstract |
A stent for angioplasty has a body (1) in the form of angenerally tubular envelope susceptible of being dilated in usenfrom a radially-contracted position into a radially-expandednposition. The body of the stent (1) includes a plurality ofnsuccessive segments (2) having a serpentine shape with loopnparts having sequentially-opposite concavity. These loopnparts are connected by connector parts (4) and the bridges (3)nwhich connect the segments (2) of the stent together join tonthe aforesaid connector parts (4). |