[Physical properties of expandable metallic stents; including the procedure of stent production].
Nowadays expansile force of self-expandable metallic stent is estimated by only wall-distending pressure P. We estimated the expansile force of the stent by not only P but also F. F expressed the degree of digging into the vessel wall and was defined as a force per one unit length of wire. P and F were thought to be useful in selecting the best stent. We also introduced the procedure of stent production.
Saito
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S
Department of Radiology, Tottori University, School of Medicine.
Sawada
S
S
Kotani
K
K
Fujihara
Y
Y
Tanigawa
N
N
Katsube
Y
Y
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D015607:Stents