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Studying the non-uniform expansion of a stent influenced by the balloon.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20459345     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Non-uniform expansion of cardiovascular stents, which exists widely in experiments, has a large influence on stent safety, but has seldom been studied in depth until now. In this paper we use a folded balloon with friction to expand a stent through finite element method (FEM), and study how this influences non-uniform expansion of the stent. The simulations were carried out using ABAQUES software. The results show that the stent expands non-uniformly only when the fold and friction are considered together in the FEM model. The extent of non-uniformity during expansion increases with rising friction coefficient values; with the same friction coefficient but different stent locations on the balloon the extent of non-uniform deformation is different. On the other hand, compared to a tri-folded balloon, a six-folded balloon clearly decreases the expansive non-uniformity, which means that by increasing the number of the folded parts of balloon the stent expands more uniformly.
Authors:
J Yang; M B Liang; N Huang; Y L Liu
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of medical engineering & technology     Volume:  35     ISSN:  1464-522X     ISO Abbreviation:  J Med Eng Technol     Publication Date:    2010 Jul-Aug
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-16     Completed Date:  2010-10-13     Revised Date:  2011-05-25    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7702125     Medline TA:  J Med Eng Technol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  301-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
School of Mechanics and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, PR China. yangchenjie@sohu.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Balloon Dilation / instrumentation*,  methods
Finite Element Analysis
Friction
Materials Testing
Software*
Stents*

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