Spiral wound stent

An expandable tubular stent, comprising:

• a first stent segment and a second stent segment spaced apart from the first segment, each of the stent segments helically disposed about a common longitudinal axis, each of the stent segments having a plurality of interconnected struts, the first stent segment having at least one first stent segment connection member extending from the first stent segment toward the second stent segment at an angle offset from the longitudinal axis, the second stent segment having at least one second stent segment connection member extending from the second stent segment toward the first stent segment at an angle offset from the longitudinal axis, the at least one first stent segment connection member and the at least one second stent segment connection member positioned immediately adjacent to one another in a continuous side by side relationship wherein only one side of the at least one first stent segment connection member is engaged to at least one side of the only one second stent segment connection member.

An expandable tabular stent, comprising:

• a plurality of stent segments, each of the plurality of stent segments having a plurality of interconnected struts, at least one distal connection member extending from a distal region of the interconnected struts at an angle offset from a longitudinal axis of the stent and at least one proximal connection member extending from a proximal region of the interconnected struts at an angle offset from the longitudinal axis of the stent, the at least one distal connection member of one of the plurality of stent segments being engaged to the at least one proximal connection member of another of the plurality of stent segments such that the at least one distal connection member and the at least one proximal connection member are positioned immediately adjacent to one another in a continuous side by side relationship wherein only one side of the at least one distal connection member is engaged to only one side of the at least one proximal connection member.