Venous valve stent design

• Main Author: Low, Jun Yu
• Other Authors: Yeo Joon Hock
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/78794
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is a condition whereby the venous valves fail to function as intended and this results in retrograde blood flow. This affects the efficiency of blood flowing from the lower extremities of the human limbs back to the heart. Hence, there is a need to design a stent t...