Development of a new niobium-based alloy for vascular stent applications

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 303-312

  O'Brien, Barry ^a,c   Stinson, Jon ^b   Carroll, William ^c  

^a BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (Ireland)

^b BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Niobium; Stent; Tubing

Indexed keywords

ALLOY DESIGNS; COMPRESSION STRENGTHS; CORONARY STENTS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTIC RECOIL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MR IMAGING; STENT; STENTING; TUBING; VASCULAR STENT; YIELD STRENGTHS;

MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MECHANICAL TESTING; NIOBIUM; TANTALUM; TENSILE TESTING; TRANSITION METALS; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

ALLOYS;

ALLOY; ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; IRON; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; NITINOL; STAINLESS STEEL; TANTALUM; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DEVICE; FLUOROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATERIAL STATE; MICROSCOPE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; X RAY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALLOYS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; NIOBIUM; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 48549084327     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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