When arteries are blocked or a patient is experiencing reduced blood flow, doctors may turn to an artery stent to open up the channels.
These tiny mesh tubes are often used to relieve symptoms of angina or heart attacks, and though the chances of complications during the procedure are small, the risks are severe. Patients could suffer from bleeding, blood clots, or, in the worst cases, a stroke.
Ideally, then, those required to evaluate the safety and efficacy of such a product will have an exact replica to test before the device is implanted into the human body. And ideally, it wouldn’t cost too much or take too long to procure.
For that reason, a medical device OEM operating in interventional and vascular therapies reached out to AM service provider Dinsmore to take advantage of its polymer additive manufacturing capability.
