What is it about?
This study compares three computer models for predicting how woven fabrics used in medical stents behave. We show that simple models are not accurate enough, while the advanced *FABRIC model best captures the fabric’s complex stretching, bending, and shearing. This improved modelling can help design safer, more reliable devices for treating aortic aneurysms.
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Why is it important?
Most past research focused on the metal parts (Nitinol rings) of stents, not the fabric. But the fabric also plays a big role in how the device behaves — it bends, stretches, and folds in ways that can impact both how the stent deploys and how blood flows around it. To improve stent design, we need accurate computer models of the fabric.
Perspectives
No matter who you speak to, someone they know will have suffered from an aneurysm. The continued research into treatment methods means that every day advancements are made and people lives are positively impacted.
Lewis Wallace
University of Strathclyde
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This page is a summary of: Suitable material modelling techniques for the characterization of woven bio-fabrics, January 2025, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/5.0261364.
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