NiTinol-based cutting edges for endovascular heart valve resection: First in vitro cutting results

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-60

  Wendt, Daniel ^a   Stühle, Sebastian ^b   Kawa, Emilia ^b   Thielmann, Matthias ^a   Kipfmüller, Brigitte ^b   Wendt, Hermann ^a   Hauck, Florian ^a,c   Vogel, Bernd ^c   Fischer, Harald ^d   Jakob, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b WESTPHALIAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c Endosmart GmbH   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Blade design; Endovascular resection; Nitinol; Shape memory alloy

Indexed keywords

NITINOL;

AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; ARTICLE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORCE; GRINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL BLADE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 61349143146     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645700802384056     Document Type: Article

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