The comprehensive validation of a stent coating durability tester

Abstract

This study addresses the need to develop an instrument and supporting protocol to evaluate the tendency for a bare or drug coated stent to shed particles into the vasculature of a patient. The resultant experiments demonstrated that two types of instruments each properly detected, sized and counted better than 90% of the injected calibration particles within four minutes.

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Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2009

Journal Title

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

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