- STENT OF THE DISCLOSURE Provided a having novel with it possible suppress 5 distorted deformation at the time of expansion and obtain sufficient strength the skeleton structure. A stent 10 having a line -shaped body 14 that extends helically in a circumferential direction while reciprocating in an axial direction by continuously alternating straight parts 16 and curved parts 18, wherein the plurality of straight parts 16 in the lin e -shaped body 14 have a substantially constant thickness throughout the 10 entire stent, and a certain number of the plurality of curved parts 18 in the line -shaped body 14 ha ve different thickness es . FIGURE 1
