The comprehensive validation of a stent coating durability tester.
This study addresses the need to develop an instrument and supporting protocol to evaluate the tendency for a bare or drug coated stent to shed particles into the vasculature of a patient. The resultant experiments demonstrated that two types of instruments each properly detected, sized and counted better than 90% of the injected calibration particles within four minutes.
Rajesh
Ramesh
R
Dynatek dalta Scientific Instruments, Galena, MO.
Conti
James C
JC
Strope
Elaine R
ER