Mechanical properties of artificial tracheas composed of a mesh cylinder and a spiral stent

Biomaterials

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 3085-3090

  Kawaguchi, Satoshi ^a   Nakamura, Tatsuo ^b   Shimizu, Yasuhiko ^b   Masuda, Toshiro ^a   Takigawa, Toshikazu ^a   Liu, Yu ^b   Ueda, Hiroki ^b   Sekine, Takashi ^b   Matsumoto, Kazuya ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial trachea; Canine trachea; Compression test; Mechanical property; Tensile test; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; STRAIN;

ARTIFICIAL TRACHEAS;

BIOMATERIALS;

COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; DEVICE; EVALUATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONGE; STENT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; DOGS; MATERIALS TESTING; STENTS; TRACHEA;

EID: 0034841030     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(01)00056-4     Document Type: Article

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