Vascular stents are the tubes that are placed in blood vessels to improve the flow of blood, either by preventing or counteracting a localized flow constriction. Standards for those stents have been in force since the beginning of the 21st century. Here are our top ten standards on the subject:
ASTM-F2079, Standard Test Method for Measuring Intrinsic Elastic Recoil of Balloon-Expandable Stents
ASTM-F2081, Standard Guide for Characterization and Presentation of the Dimensional Attributes of Vascular Stents
ASTM-F2394, Standard Guide for Measuring Securement of Balloon Expandable Vascular Stent Mounted on Delivery System
ASTM-F2477, Standard Test Method for in vitro Pulsatile Durability Testing of Vascular Stents
ASTM-F2514, Standard Guide for Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of Metallic Vascular Stents Subjected to Uniform Radial Loading
ASTM-F2606, Standard Guide for Three-Point Bending of Balloon Expandable Vascular Stents and Stent Systems
ISO-25539-2, Cardiovascular Implants – Endovascular Devices – Part 2: Vascular Stents
ANSI/AAMI/ISO-25539-2, Cardiovascular Implants – Endovascular Devices – Part 2: Vascular Stents
BS-EN-ISO-25539-2, Cardiovascular Implants – Endovascular Devices – Vascular Stents
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