Abstract Poly (glycolic acid)(PGA) is an essential biopolymer due to its thermal and
mechanical properties and biodegradability which provide utility for medical applications …

With the advancement of additive manufacturing (AM), customized vascular stents can now
be fabricated to fit the curvatures and sizes of a narrowed or blocked blood vessel, thereby …

Background The development of coronary drug-eluting stents has included use of new metal
alloys, changes in stent architecture, and use of bioresorbable polymers. Whether these …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are smart and adaptive materials able to recover their
shape through an external stimulus. This functionality, combined with the good …

Edible polymers have established substantial deliberation in modern eons because of their
benefits comprising use as edible materials over synthetic polymers. This could contribute to …

Shape-memory materials have been proposed in biomedical device design due to their
ability to facilitate minimally invasive surgery and recover to a predetermined shape in vivo …

Combination devices—those comprising drug releasing components together with
functional prosthetic implants—represent a versatile, emerging clinical technology promising …

Cardiovascular diseases are one of the major causes of human death in the world.
Endovascular stents are the most important implantation devices in cardiovascular …

DOI: 10.1002/admt. 201600138 facilitated.[11, 12] Finally, the complete disappearance of
the stent material allows for possible repeat interventions, without problematic stent-in-stent …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are polymers with the shape memory effect. The
biodegradable SMPs are candidate materials for making biomedical devices and scaffolds …