title: Stent development: a surface issue.
abstract: The research surrounding stent development has found surface analysis techniques to be invaluable tools. As this product sector works on its next-generation devices, combining the use of these techniques is providing critical qualitative and quantitative data. The value to other products that involve drugs is also highlighted.
authors.affiliation: CSMA Ltd, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. shaunbainbridge@csma.ltd.uk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bainbridge
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D015607:Stents / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends