An Animal Model of Human Peripheral Arterial Bending and Deformation
Designing peripheral arterial stents has proved challenging, as implanted devices will repetitively and unpredictably deform and fatigue during movement. Preclinical testing is often inadequate, given the lack of relevant animal models. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that deformation of the human peripheral vasculature could be qualitatively and quantitatively modeled using an experimental animal.
Source: Journal of Surgical Research - Category: Surgery Authors: Rym El Khoury, Alexander Nikanorov, Edward McCarroll, Guy LeClerc, Louis-Georges Guy, Martin Laflamme, Audrey Mailloux, Lewis B. Schwartz Tags: Vascular Source Type: research