Expandable bioresorbable endovascular stent. I. Fabrication and properties

Shih Horng Su, Robert Y N Chao, Charles L. Landau, Kevin D. Nelson, Richard B. Timmons, Robert S. Meidell, Robert C. Eberhart

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Abstract

A bioresorbable stent based on a continuous multiple fiber coil array was designed, with sufficient strength and compliance to permit maneuvering and expansion with a conventional balloon angioplasty catheter. Thus, the design and fabrication principles were sufficiently versatile that a broad range of applications can be addressed. The results demonstrate that the feasibility of expandable biodegradable endovascular stent design and deployment by conventional means, without heating.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)667-677
Number of pages11
JournalAnnals of biomedical engineering
Volume31
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003

Keywords

  • Bioresorbable stent
  • Di(ethylene glycol) vinyl ether
  • Endovascular
  • Inflammation
  • Platelet adhesion
  • Poly-l-lactic acid
  • Porcine arteriovenous shunt model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering

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