link 288 a in the embodiment shown in fig4 b the stent differs from the embodiment of fig4 a in that interconnecting element 244 b extending between a peak region 248 b and a trough region 252 b is curvilinear rather than rectilinear in both fig4 a and 4 b the interconnecting elements are seen to emanate from the middle of the peak and trough regions in another embodiment as shown in fig5 a the inventive stent is comprised of band like elements 320 a of a single wavelength interconnected by interconnecting elements 344 a adjacent band like elements 320 a are 180e out of phase with one another the band like elements consist of a plurality of peaks 336 a and troughs 340 a interconnecting elements 344 a extend between a peak region 348 a and a trough region 352 a the peak regions 348 a and trough regions 352 a from which interconnecting elements 344 a emanate on a given band like element 320 a are seen to extend longitudinally beyond adjacent peak regions 348 a u2032 and trough regions 352 a u2032 from which no interconnecting elements extend the extension is such that at least a portion of peak regions 348 a overlap longitudinally along.