Nanotechnology could have an enormous impact on medicine but, says Michael Helmus, the regulations that govern new drugs and medical devices ... is the drug-eluting stent: originally stents ...

These tubular medical devices maintain blood flow by expanding narrowed or blocked blood vessels. However, traditional metal stents may cause ... technology to create nano- and micro-scale wrinkle ...

A ureteral stent is a flexible plastic tube for insertion into the ureter to treat or prevent blockages that impede urine flow from the kidney to the bladder, such as kidney stones. Once the ...

Developed by German medical device company BIOTRONIK, the new dissolvable Magmaris magnesium ... "Our vision is to improve these devices by making them thinner, which may mean looking at other ...

The nanosecond laser texturing conditions allow for the control of nano/microstructures on metal surfaces, enabling regulation of the interactions between conventional metallic stents and vascular ...

This material has low chemical reactivity, which means that it will not degrade metal stent frameworks. PTFE has long been used in the medical field and is easily incorporated into implantable ...