Coronary stent strut size dependent stress-strain response investigated using micromechanical finite element models

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 202-211

  Savage, P ^a   O'Donnell, B P ^a   McHugh, Peter E ^a   Murphy, B P ^a   Quinn, D F ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Medtronic AVE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

316 L stainless steel; Coronary stents; Crystal plasticity theory; Finite element analysis; Tensile failure

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CRYSTALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SCAFFOLDS; STAINLESS STEEL;

316L STAINLESS STEELS; CORONARY STENTS; CRYSTAL PLASTICITY THEORY; TENSILE FAILURE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

BIOMATERIAL; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STENT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STAINLESS STEEL; STENTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 2942597872     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ABME.0000012740.47963.9e     Document Type: Article

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