Finite Element Optimization of Medical Implants
Finite Element Analysis is an excellent engineering tool for optimizing medical implants. It provides a fast and reliable method for evaluating both the performance [...]
The Selection of Nitinol Material Models for FEA Simulations
Nitinol is a unique metallic alloy that is ideally suited to use in medical devices. It has excellent biocompatibility and most of all it [...]
Suture Clip for Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair
This is a picture of an excised mitral valve from a pig with suture and a clip holding the leaflets together in a novel approach to [...]
Biological and Implant Mechanics Symposium at the 2007 SEM Annual Conference in Boston
You can download the brochure for this special symposium that brings together state-of-the-art developments in clinical imaging techniques, computer modeling, medical device testing and [...]
Emerging Transcatheter Technologies
You can download a presentation of emerging transcatheter devices and technologies that I put together from the engineering design perspective that includes AAA solutions, [...]
LifeStent NT Self-Expanding Helical Stent
The 6F LifeStent NT is an implantable self-expanding nickel titanium alloy (Nitinol) stent. The stent is manufactured from small diameter Nitinol tubing and is [...]