Uniform expansion of a polymeric helical stent

• Main Authors: Paryab, Nasim, Cronin, Duane, Lee-Sullivan, Pearl, Ying, Xiong, Boey, Freddy Yin Chiang, Venkatraman, Subbu S.
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96703; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17686
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Helical coil polymeric stents provide an alternative method of stenting compared to traditional metallic stents, but require additional investigation to understand deployment, expansion, and fixation. A bilayer helical coil stent consisting of PLLA and PLGA was investigated using the finite element...