In 2012, more than 3 million people had stents inserted in their coronary arteries. These tiny mesh tubes prop open blood vessels healing from procedures like a balloon angioplasty, which widens ...

Researchers at Michigan Tech are creating bioabsorbable stents with zinc and zinc alloys that could prove safer than current stent materials. Building better metallic stents to support weakened ...

Device designers are likely familiar with achieving very different results when testing components in vivo, compared with those obtained in vitro. A team of students at Michigan Technological ...

HOUGHTON -- In 2012, more than 3 million people had stents inserted in their coronary arteries. These tiny mesh tubes prop open blood vessels healing from procedures like a balloon angioplasty, which ...

Harvard University researchers developed a new, flexible, versatile material, which can be fine tuned to change its size and shape to adapt to different environments. The new material is a structure ...

Before gene therapy becomes practical for treating human diseases, researchers must master the details of safe and effective delivery. Cardiology researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia ...

Experimental coronary stent combines ultrathin structure with biodegradable material Date: September 8, 2014 Source: European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Summary: A new generation of coronary artery ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Vascular Stents Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2019-2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The ...

Before gene therapy becomes practical for treating human diseases, researchers must master the details of safe and effective delivery. Cardiology researchers have advanced delivery techniques by ...