[An indispensable assistant for the vascular stent designing and testing: the finite element analysis method].
This article reviews the recent progress of the finite element analysis (FEA) researches focusing on various expansion types, fatigue durability and the flexibility of the stents.
Zhang
Bo
B
Jinan Quality Supervision and Testing Center for Medical Devices, State Food & Drug Administration, Jinan, 250101.
Wan
Min
M
Yao
Xiu-Jun
XJ
Song
Jin-Zi
JZ
D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents