Micromachined shape memory alloy active stent with wireless monitoring and re-expansion features

• Main Authors: Ang, Yong Xian, Mohd. Ghazali, Farah Afiqa, Mohamed Ali, Mohamed Sultan
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/93581/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MEMS46641.2020.9056379
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This paper reports a novel shape memory alloy (SMA) active stent for non-invasive restenosis treatment which operates using radiofrequency (RF) wireless electro-thermo-mechanical actuation technique for re-expansion. The developed stent is equipped with capacitive pressure sensor for in-artery blood...