... catheter according to the diameter of the blood vessel. Compared to its predecessor, the Pipeline Flex, the diameter of the braided wires is lower in Vantage. This device comes with phosphorylcholine surface treatment, which aids in reducing thrombogenic events occurring in the parent artery walls. Higher...

...Shijia Zhao; Xiangyi (Cheryl) Liu; Linxia Gu Braided wire stents demonstrate distinct characteristics compared to welded ones. In this study, both braided and welded wire stents with the same nominal dimensions were crimped inside a sheath and then deployed into a stenosed artery using finite...