Biodegradable stents with drug delivery

• Main Author: Venkatraman, Subbu
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Research Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/5023
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The objectives of this project, as stated in the proposal, were: (1) To demonstrate the feasibility of delivering two types of drug from a single stent; (2) To fabricate a prototype biodegradable stent with the required compressive strength and in-vitro degradation rate; to demonstrate the actual mo...