Oligometastatic disease represents a clinical and anatomical manifestation between
localised and polymetastatic disease. In prostate cancer, as with other cancers, recognition …

In this work, the selective laser melting (SLM) of CoCr alloy powder for producing
cardiovascular stents is investigated. The paper aims to assess the feasibility of producing a …

Mechanical devices are being introduced whose size scale is well below that of
conventional mechanical test specimens. The smallest devices have sizes in the nanometer …

Additive manufacturing (AM) of customised vascular or peripheral stents is of great potential
for surgeons and patients, enabling the patients to have customised stents and achieving …

Abstract Selective Laser Melting (SLM) is a promising technology for the manufacturing of
patient-specific medical implants, due to the intrinsic potential in the realization of one of a …

At present, the deployment of an intravascular stent has become a common and widely used
minimally invasive treatment for coronary heart disease. To improve these coronary …

Many clinical studies, including the ISAR-STEREO trial, have identified stent strut thickness
as an independent predictor of in-stent restenosis where thinner struts result in lower …

Computational models of stent deployment in arteries have been widely used to shed light
on various aspects of stent design and optimisation. In this context, modelling of balloon …

Coronary stents are tubular type scaffolds that are deployed, using an inflatable balloon on a
catheter, most commonly to recover the lumen size of narrowed (diseased) arterial …

Absorbable metallic stents (AMSs) are a newly emerging cardiovascular technology which
has the potential to eliminate long-term patient health risks associated with conventional …