3D Printed Sugar-Based Stent
April 9, 2019 | Terry Sharrer
With an extruded sucrose material, engineers at the University of Nebraska have created a resorbable stent that can reduce the time in suturing small blood vessels from fifteen minutes to five. “The idea is simple – the surgeon can insert the small tube into both open ends of the artery, where it sticks to the interior vessel surface, helping to hold to the artery together during the stitching process. However, the device is completely resorbable, and dissolves within minutes once the artery has been sealed.” MORE
Dissolvable stent to aid cardiovascular surgery April 9. Image Credit: University of Nebraska