A novel method to aid stent and catheter design based on practical investigations observing in-vitro endoluminal delivery and 3-D movement of Nitinol wire during the Shape Memory Effect

The original purpose of this work was to investigate a stent design to accommodate the acute curvature of the aorta negating the need for linking multiple stents. Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) stents are used to dilate or strengthen hollow organs including sections of the aortic arch. Typically a SMA ste...

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Main Author:	Richard L.S. Gill
Format:	Default Thesis
Published:	2005
Subjects:	Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified Stents Catheters Design Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Nitinol Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/27567
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