A self-expanding stent is proposed for hollow organs for the bracing and/or for the holding open of a hollow organ. The stent comprises two bands 11 which span a tubular and self-expanding network. The network is stretched in an axial direction in a collapsed state of the lumen and, in an expanded state...http://www.google.es/patents/US5476508?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatente US5476508 - Stent with mutually interlocking filaments
