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 [...]
Medical Imaging Data and Computational Fluid Dynamics
Significant advances are being made in simulations for medical devices. The picture on the left, shared with me by Dr. Tina Morrison, former post-graduate student in [...]
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 [...]
ASTM Axial Fatigue of Stent
This work is related to an ASTM F04.30.06 subcommittee activity to develop a standard based on the Fatigue to Fracture methodology. The idea of [...]
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 [...]