Degradation behavior of biodegradable Fe35Mn alloy stents

• Main Authors: Sing, N. B., Mostavan, A., Hamzah, E., Mantovani, D., Hermawan, H.
• Format: Article
• Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58217/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.33242
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This article reports a degradation study that was done on stent prototypes made of biodegradable Fe35Mn alloy in a simulated human coronary arterial condition. The stent degradation was observed for a short-term period from 0.5 to 168 h, which simulates the early period of stenting procedure. Potent...