Intraluminal medical device with nested interlocking segments

Abstract From the Canadian patent

An intraluminal medical device having nested interlocking axially adjacent segments that remain interlocked during delivery to an intended treatment site is preferably a stent in which the nested interlocked axially adjacent segments provide increased control and stability of the stent during delivery and increased vessel support when full deployment is effected. A series of repeating cells comprise a segment. Each cell comprises a protrusion and a radially and circumferentially adjacent receptacle. The protrusion from at least one cell in a segment interlocks with the receptacle of an axially adjacent segment to form the stent. The protrusions remain coupled with a corresponding receptacle …