Alternating circumferential bridge stent design and methods for use thereof

A method of inserting a stent, comprising:

• inserting a stent into a vessel, the stent comprising a first section and a second section, wherein the first section is more flexible along a longitudinal axis of the stent than the second section, the first section and the second section each including:
• a plurality of expandable modules, each expandable module including a plurality of strut elements that join together at a plurality of apices;
• a plurality of bridging modules, each bridging module including bridging elements that extend only from an apex of a first expandable module to only an apex of an immediately adjacent second expandable module wherein the first expandable module is connected with the second expandable module only by said bridging elements, wherein the first section of the stent has a greater number of bridging elements around a circumference of the first section than the number of bridging elements around a circumference of the second section;
• wherein the plurality of bridging modules are arranged to alternate along the longitudinal axis between clockwise bridging modules and counterclockwise bridging modules, the clockwise bridging modules including bridging elements that extend at a clockwise angle with respect to the longitudinal axis, and the counterclockwise bridging modules including bridging elements that extend at a counterclockwise angle with respect to the longitudinal axis, wherein the clockwise bridging modules including bridging elements that extend at a fixed clockwise angle with respect to the longitudinal axis, and the counterclockwise bridging modules including bridging elements that extend at a fixed counterclockwise angle with respect to the longitudinal axis;
• aligning the first section with a first specific region of the vessel that requires axial flexibility to accommodate surrounding anatomy;
• and
• aligning the second section with a second specific region of the vessel to provide radial stiffness to counteract a crushing force imparted by a surrounding anatomy.