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 [...]
Computing Alternating and Mean Stresses During Fatigue for a Cardiovascular Stent
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is routinely used to perform fatigue analyses of cardiovascular stents. For the case of balloon expandable stents, this means modeling [...]
ASTM Standard for FEA of Metallic Vascular Stents
Follow this link to the ASTM website and find the long awaited for "Standard Guide for Finite Element Analysis of Metallic Vascular Stents Subjected [...]
Comprehensive Fatigue Analysis: Complex Loading of Implantable Medical Device
Medical device manufacturers are increasingly required to demonstrate that their products are safe and effective when subjected to complex loading conditions in the human [...]
Carotid Artery Stent Fractures: An Engineer’s Perspective
You can download my presentation at the 2007 Cleveland Clinic Stent Summit on carotid artery stent fractures from an engineers perspective which discusses combined [...]
Characterization of Nitinol Material Behavior for the Design and Validation of Medical Implants
Direct strain measurements in AAA stent using phase shifted moire interferometry. You can download a poster I presented at the MPMD fall [...]