TY - GEN
T1 - A novel self-expanding biodegradable stent
AU - Venkatraman, S.
AU - Boey, F.
AU - Tan, L. P.
PY - 2004/5
Y1 - 2004/5
N2 - Expandable stents have been made mostly from metals, and the expandability is due to the perforated structure. Fully polymeric biodegradable stents have also been reported in the literature1, but none with the ability to self-expand at body temperatures. Perforated polymeric stent designs are inconsistent with acceptable collapse strengths. We present a unique biodegradable stent with elastic memory such that it allows for self-expansion at reasonable rates at 37 C. The collapse pressures of such stents are lower than those for metallic stents, but within an acceptable range.
AB - Expandable stents have been made mostly from metals, and the expandability is due to the perforated structure. Fully polymeric biodegradable stents have also been reported in the literature1, but none with the ability to self-expand at body temperatures. Perforated polymeric stent designs are inconsistent with acceptable collapse strengths. We present a unique biodegradable stent with elastic memory such that it allows for self-expansion at reasonable rates at 37 C. The collapse pressures of such stents are lower than those for metallic stents, but within an acceptable range.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/13844297112
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/pubmetrics.uri?eid=2-s2.0-13844297112&origin=recordpage
M3 - RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)
SN - 978-1-60423-461-9
T3 - Transactions - 7th World Biomaterials Congress
SP - 391
BT - Transactions - 7th World Biomaterials Congress
PB - Australian Society for Biomaterials Inc.
T2 - Transactions - 7th World Biomaterials Congress
Y2 - 17 May 2004 through 21 May 2004
ER -