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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Fu, Wenyua; b | Xia, Qixiaoa | Yan, Ruobingc | Qiao, Aiked; *
Affiliations: [a] College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Beijing Union University, Beijing 100020, China | [b] College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China | [c] Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1N 6N5, Canada | [d] College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China. E-mail: qak@bjut.edu.cn
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. E-mail: qak@bjut.edu.cn.
Abstract: BACKGROUND:Braided stents, such as Pipeline Embolization Device (PED; ev3 Neurovascular, Irvine, CA, USA), are commonly used to treat cerebral aneurysms. However, little information is available on the compression and bending characteristics of such stents. OBJECTIVE:This paper investigates how geometrical parameters of braided stents influence their radial compression and bending characteristics. METHODS:Six groups of braided stent models with different braiding angles, numbers of wires and wire diameters are constructed. Parametric analyses of these models are conducted using Abaqus/Explicit software. The numerical results of a finite element analysis are validated by comparison with data of theoretical analysis. RESULTS:The results show that the radial stiffness is not uniform along the longitudinal direction of the stent. When the braiding angle increases from 30° to 75°, the minimum radial deformation decreases from 0.85 mm to 0.0325 mm (at a pressure of 500 Pa, for 24 braided wires). When the wire diameter increases from 0.026 mm to 0.052 mm, the minimum radial deformation decreases from 0.65 mm to 0.055 mm (at a pressure of 500 Pa and a braiding angle of 60°, for 24 braided wires). Frictions don’t affect stent diameter and its axial length when braided stent is crimping, but the friction must be considered when it is related to the radial pressure required for compression the braided stent. CONCLUSIONS:Compared with commonly used intracranial stents, a braided stent with geometrical parameters close to PED stent has a smaller radial stiffness but a considerably greater longitudinal flexibility. The results of this analysis of braided stents can help in the design and selection of flow diverter stents for clinical treatment of cerebral aneurysms.
Keywords: Braided stent, finite element method, radial stiffness, longitudinal flexibility, parametric analysis
DOI: 10.3233/BME-171714
Journal: Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 81-94, 2018
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