Stent Fatigue Testing
Today I presented preliminary results of our inter-laboratory fatigue study at the FDA/NHLBI/NSF Workshop. Dimensional variances were characterized for the gStent-BE and found typical [...]
Computational Modeling of Cardiovascular Devices
I was given the opportunity to discuss the State-of-the-Art Computational Modeling for Cardiovascular Devices at the FDA/NHLBI/NSF Workshop at the FDA White Oaks campus [...]
Miracle of Modern Medicine
I just had my one year follow-up echocardiogram. The left ventrical of my health is just a bit more than 1cm smaller! I'm not [...]
Generic Balloon Expandable Stent
The ASTM F.04.30.06 undertook an inter-laboratory study for axial fatigue testing of a generic, stainless steel balloon expandable stent. We were interested in resolving [...]
Monoleaflet
A package arrived from the Cleveland Clinic. I had asked to have my old aortic valve sent to me after it was taken out. [...]
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 [...]