Fabrication and in vitro deployment of a laser-activated shape memory polymer vascular stent.
Baer GM, Small W 4th, Wilson TS, Benett WJ, Matthews DL, Hartman J, Maitland DJ.
Baer GM, et al. Among authors: small w 4th.
Biomed Eng Online. 2007 Nov 27;6:43. doi: 10.1186/1475-925X-6-43.
Biomed Eng Online. 2007.
PMID: 18042294
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BACKGROUND: Vascular stents are small tubular scaffolds used in the treatment of arterial stenosis (narrowing of the vessel). ...RESULTS: At a physiological flow rate, the stent did not fully expand at the maximum laser power (8.6 W) due to convective cooling. Howev …
BACKGROUND: Vascular stents are small tubular scaffolds used in the treatment of arterial stenosis (narrowing of the vessel). ...RESU …