Stresses from flexure in composite helical implantable leads

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 668-673

  Meagher, James M ^a   Altman, Peter ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ventritex   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element; Helical coil; Implantable defibrillators; Pacing lead; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SILVER; STRESSES; WIRE;

HELICAL COIL; IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATORS; PACING LEAD;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DEFIBRILLATION; IMPLANT; LOADING TEST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELASTICITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0031225137     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(96)00022-7     Document Type: Article

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