A prosthetic device for sustaining a vessel or hollow organ lumen (a stent) has a tubular wire frame (1) with rows of elongate cells (2) having a larger axis and a smaller axis. The cells are arranged with the larger axis in the circumferential direction of the frame (2) and the smaller axis parallel...http://www.google.com/patents/US5643339?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5643339 - Prosthetic device for sustaining a blood-vessel or hollow organ lumen
