Mechanical properties of laser cut poly(L-lactide) micro-specimens: Implications for stent design, manufacture, and sterilization

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-31

  Grabow, Niels ^a   Schlun, Martin ^a   Sternberg, Katrin ^a   Hakansson, Nico ^a   Kramer, Sven ^a   Schmitz, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balloon Expansion; Laser Manufacturing; Mechanical Properties; Poly(L Lactide) (PLLA); Stent; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CREEP TESTING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MACHINING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PLASTICIZERS; POLYMERS; TENSILE TESTING;

ENDOLUMINAL STENTS; LASER CUTTING; POLY(L-LACTIDE); POLYMERIC VASCULAR STENTS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

CITRIC ACID TRIETHYL ESTER; ETHYLENE OXIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PLASTICIZER; POLYLACTIDE;

ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LASER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STENT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CITRATES; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASTICIZERS; POLYESTERS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; STERILIZATION; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 16244366141     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1835349     Document Type: Article

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