Project

Peripheral stents: design investigation through computional tools

Acronym
Perifere stents
Code
01SF1308
Duration
01 January 2009 → 31 October 2011
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Mandate holder
  • Michele Conti
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Biomechanics
    • Biomechanics
    • Biomechanics
Keywords
computer simulations superficial femoral artery (SFA) nitinol stent
 
Project description

Stenting vessels, as superficial femoral artery (SFA), which are subjected to a wide range of large deformations remains a problem. Nitinol stents seem the best choice for these lesions but many of these stents fracture due to fatigue mechanisms. The research aims to investigate the failure of highly deformable vessel stenting in order to define guidelines about adequate SFA stenting.