News tagged with biodegradable stents
A coating for life: Biodegradable fibers advance stent technology and brain surgery, then disappear
Stents that keep weakened and flabby arteries from collapsing have been true life-savers. But after six months, those stents are no longer needed -- once the arteries are strengthened, they become unnecessary. ...
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Making lifesaving devices less life-threatening
Every year, more than half a million people in the United States undergo surgery for biomedical implants – like stents or heart valves – intended to save their lives, according to the American Heart ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Study examines use of stent with bioabsorbable polymer
Three-year data demonstrated that satisfactory clinical and safety outcomes of sirolimus eluting stents with a biodegradable polymer were sustained in a real world setting. The results were presented at the 22nd annual Transcatheter ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Math from the heart: Simulating stent design and coating
Suncica "Sunny" Canic was good at math in school, so that's what she pursued as a career. But she always liked medicine, too. When she moved to Houston, Texas, and met some cardiologists at a party, she started ...
Aug 23, 2010 |
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Magnetic fields drive drug-loaded nanoparticles to reduce blood vessel blockages in an animal study
Scientists and engineers have used uniform magnetic fields to drive iron-bearing nanoparticles to metal stents in injured blood vessels, where the particles deliver a drug payload that successfully prevents ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 19, 2010 |
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Smart orthopedic implants, self-fitting tissue scaffolding created by UMMS researchers
Orthopedic surgeons are often hamstrung by less-than-ideal grafting material when performing surgeries for complex bone injuries resulting from trauma, aging or cancer. Conventional synthetic bone grafts are typically made ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 05, 2010 |
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Researchers use magnetism to target cells to animal arteries
Scientists have used magnetic fields and tiny iron-bearing particles to drive healthy cells to targeted sites in blood vessels. The research, done in animals, may lead to a new method of delivering cells and ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 07, 2008 |
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Nanowire coating for bone implants, stents
University of Arkansas researchers have found a simple, inexpensive way to create a nanowire coating on the surface of biocompatible titanium that can be used to create more effective surfaces for hip replacement, dental ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 27, 2007 |
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Nanowire Coating for Bone Implants, Stents
University of Arkansas researchers have found a simple, inexpensive way to create a nanowire coating on the surface of biocompatible titanium that can be used to create more effective surfaces for hip replacement, ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 17, 2007 |
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Under magnetic force, nanoparticles may deliver gene therapy
After binding DNA segments to tiny iron-containing spheres called nanoparticles, researchers have used magnetic fields to direct the nanoparticles into arterial muscle cells, where the DNA could have a therapeutic ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 31, 2007 |
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Nanotextured implant materials: blending in, not fighting back
Biomedical engineers are constantly coming up with ways to repair the human body, replacing defective and worn out parts with plastic, titanium, and ceramic substitutes – but the body does not always accept ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 09, 2007 |
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