Shape Memory Alloy Self-Expanding Stent
Application ID: 65851
Stents are used in biomedical applications to support the inner wall of veins and arteries. Self-expanding stents made of shape memory alloys operate differently from balloon-inflated stents, as they are crimped to a diameter suitable for insertion at a low temperature and then released while the blood heats them up to body temperature. This model demonstrates the behavior of such a stent as it is first crimped and then heated to 37°C.
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however, additional products may be required to completely define and model it. Furthermore, this example may also be defined and modeled using components from the following product combinations:
- COMSOL Multiphysics® and
- Nonlinear Structural Materials Module and
- either the MEMS Module, or Structural Mechanics Module
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