Research Article

Structural Design of Mechanical Property for Biodegradable Polymeric Stent

Table 3

Outer diameters and lengths of OCS and BVS at different states during in vitro experiments.

Stent typeOriginal stateInflated stateDeflated state
Doriginal (mm)Loriginal (mm)Dinflated (mm)Linflated (mm)Ddeflated (mm)Ldeflated (mm)

OCS2.40 ± 0.0115.50 ± 0.023.00 ± 0.0216.08 ± 0.032.75 ± 0.0215.83 ± 0.03
BVS2.40 ± 0.0116.10 ± 0.023.00 ± 0.0215.57 ± 0.032.68 ± 0.0215.86 ± 0.03

Doriginal: outer diameter of the original stent; Loriginal: length of the original stent.