ASTM International’s medical and surgical devices committee (F04) is developing a proposed standard for a wrought ...

Miudella is the first new hormone-free IUD on the market since 1984. Its flexible design means it fits more comfortably inside the uterus. For the first time in more than 40 years, a new hormone-free ...

Multibranched thoracoabdominal stent grafts have demonstrated broad applicability, especially for urgent repairs of ...

Superelastic binary nitinol can be heat treated properly to impart desirable ... What is a clear overview and step-by-step guide for designing a stent-like endovascular device? I am finding it ...

The Supera ® implant has a design that is completely different from laser-cut standard nitinol stents. It has six interwoven nitinol wires in a closed-loop design with ends that are welded; this ...

The Tack endovascular system is made of nitinol with gold radiopaque markers ... vessels after they are widened using a balloon or stent (angioplasty). The implant attaches damaged tissue ...

Stent retrievers are accepted as the most effective devices ... previously heated at 37°C in order to allow the optimal expansion of devices made of nitinol alloy. Two authors with experience in ...

Melsungen, Germany), a polyurethane sponge of 50mm in length and 13mm in diameter, and the VACStent (MICRO-TECH Europe GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany), a nitinol-covered stent, with a polyurethane sponge ...

Nitinol (NiTi) flat discs (4.8 mm diameter ... and aimed to evaluate the effect of surface-modified Solitaire devices compared with un-modified bare metal stents (BMS) in terms of clot retrieval and ...

Renal denervation offers a potentially transformative and minimally invasive option for treating hypertension. With this ...