An endoluminal stent (10) composed of a plurality of circumferential expansionelements (12) arrayed to form the circumference of the stent (10) andextending along the longitudinal axis of the stent (10), and a plurality ofinterconnecting members (14) that interconnect adjacent pairs ofcircumferential expansion elements (12), the interconnecting members (14)joining struts (16) of adjacent pairs of interconnecting members atapproximate mid-points of the struts (16).