Desired features for a novel stent-graft

• Author(s): Isa C.T. Santos ; Luís A. Rocha ; João Manuel R.S. Tavares
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10216/64432
• Origin: Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto
• Subject(s): Ciências Tecnológicas
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

Abdominal aortic aneurysms are indolent but deadly. Among the current treatments is endovascular aneurysm repair, a minimally invasive procedure that resorts to a stent-graft to shield the aortic wall from blood pressure. Although this procedure allowed more patients to be treated and offers several other advantages, complications still occur and there is a need for a more efficient stent-graft. Here, the early steps performed in the development of a novel stent-graft are described, and desired features for an ‘ideal’ device are pointed out. The implementation of these characteristics will lead to a more efficient medical device.