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 ... which may mean looking at other materials or potentially using nanotechnology to use stents as platforms to release drugs over time to where ...

While the medical community has debated when exactly to use stents, recent research has indicated they may not be as useful as once believed. According to a 2019 study, medication is just as ...

Esophageal stenting is a medical procedure used to treat various conditions affecting the esophagus, including strictures (narrowing of the esophagus) and malignancies. The use of stents ...

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 ...

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 ...