EXPANDABLE INTRALUMINAL GRAFT OR STENT AND METHOD FOR IMPLANTING SUCH AN EXPANDABLE INTRALUMINAL STENT

摘要

A plurality of expandable and deformable intraluminalvascular grafts are expanded within a blood vessel by anangioplasty balloon associated with a catheter to dilateand expand the lumen of a blood vessel. The grafts may bethin-walled tubular members having a plurality of slotsdisposed in "C" or "S" and diamond shapes throughout thebody of the stent of the tubular members, and adjacentgrafts are flexibly connected by at least one connectormember.