Research Article

Structural Design of Mechanical Property for Biodegradable Polymeric Stent

Table 2

Outer diameters and lengths of the OCS and BVS at different steps during FEA.

Stent type1st step2nd step3rd step4th step
Dcrimp (mm)Lcrimp (mm)Drecoil (mm)Lrecoil (mm)Dinflated (mm)Linflated (mm)Ddeflated (mm)Ldeflated (mm)

OCS1.3515.261.4315.303.0016.052.7115.72
BVS1.3516.241.4816.213.0015.582.6216.01

Dcrimp: outer diameter of the crimped stent; Lcrimp: length of the crimped stent; Drecoil: outer diameter of the stent at the stent recoil step; Lrecoil: length of the stent at the stent recoil step; Dinflated: outer diameter of the stent at the inflated step; Linflated: length of the stent at the inflated step; Ddeflated: outer diameter of the stent at the deflated step; Ldeflated: length of the stent at the deflated step.