longitudinally extending portion 320 longitudinally extending struts 325 330 are circumferentially offset with respect to each other and are interconnected by a connecting portion 335 connecting portion 335 contains at least one apex 340 adjacent pairs of longitudinally extending portions 320 are arranged in a specific manner more particularly circumferentially spaced pairs of longitudinally extending portions 320 are arranged so that a pair of a longitudinally extending struts 330 are spaced at a first distance c and a pair of longitudinally extending struts 325 are spaced at a distance d as shown distance c is greater than distance d when stent 300 is bent fig9 it generally maintains its tubular configuration u2014 i e the conformability of stent 300 is quite good the poor conformability and kinking problem described above with respect to stent 200 in fig4 5 and stent 400 in fig6 is reduced or avoided in addition the crashing and out of tubular configuration problem described above with respect to stent 100 in fig1 3 is reduced or avoided this is primarily due to the design of longitudinally extending portions 320 and the orientation of circumferentially adjacent pairs of longitudinally extending portions 320 as discussed above which allows for necessary expansion when stent 300 is placed under tension and contraction when stent 300 is placed under compression these longitudinal tension and compression forces are experienced when the stent 200 is placed on a curve as show in fig9 fig1 12 show in detail.