A stent for implantation into a body vessel in which a cylindrical stent body coiled from a generally continuous wire with a deformable zig-zag structure is provided with means for preventing the stent body from stretching along its longitudinal axis. This stent is especially useful when implanting very...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US5133732?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5133732 - Intravascular stent
