A prosthetic device for sustaining a vessel or hollow organ lumen (a stent) having a tubular wire frame (1) with rows of elongate cells (2) each 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...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US6814750?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6814750 - Implantable, self-expanding prosthetic device
