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Cardiovascular stent design

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Process: stents cut from tube, typically less than 2mm, in diameter using solid state laser.


Industrial sector: Medical equipment


Material: Nitinol


Other notes: cardio-vascular stents are implanted inside blood vessels and then expanded by balloon angioplasty. The stent acts like a scaffold to hold the vessel open to permit blood flow.

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