The present invention relates to tubular radially expansible metal
structures, having an abluminal wall, a luminal wall and a radial wall
thickness therebetween with struts defining through-apertures in the
wall, the structure further defining a plurality of expansible rings
arranged adjacent one another along the longitudinal axis of the
structure, each of the rings defining at least one bridge strut, and
adjacent rings being linked by a bridge extending between adjacent bridge
struts on adjacent rings. The bridges, a plurality of which are
distributed throughout the length of the tubular structure and are
configured and arranged to divide the tubular structure into axially
spaced and electrically insulated sections, advantageously exhibit
reduced electrical conductivity throughout their wall thickness. The
present invention relates furthermore to a method of manufacturing such a
tubular structure, as well as a method of visualizing a bodily lumen
supported by such a tubular structure deployed therein.