STUDY OF STENT DEFORMATION AND STRESS DEVELOPED AT DIFFERENT STENT DEPLOYMENT PRESSURES KRISTI BASU PRANAB GHOSH DR. ABHIJIT CHANDA SCHOOL OF BIOSCIENCE AND ENGINEERING JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY KOLKATA: 700032 W.B, INDIA
What is coronary artery disease (CAD)? A narrowing of the coronary arteries that is usually caused by atherosclerosis, it may progress to the point where the heart muscle is damaged due to lack of blood supply. Such damage may result in infarction, arrhythmias, and heart failure.
WHAT IS A STENT? A stent is an artificial 'tube' inserted into a natural passage/conduit in the body to prevent, or counteract, a disease-induced, localized flow constriction. The term may also refer to a tube used to temporarily hold such a natural conduit open to allow access for surgery.
STENT CLASSIFICATION Material Area of Usage Drug Eluting/ Non Eluting Balloon Expanding/ Self Expanding
Stalwarts of Cardiology Andreas Gruentzig Julio Palmaz
BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY?? STENT???
Design aspect Stents possess deformation regions that behave differently according to the type of load applied With a stent with a link structure, a deformable (link) region and rigid (cell) region are arranged in an alternate fashion. Therefore, the bending test should be performed with uniform bending moment without radial deformation.
Stent Designs 1. Coil Stents High stenosis rates Tissue collapse between widely spaced struts Gianturco- Roubin II 2. Open- Cell Modular Stents Superior flexibility Some areas more susceptible to corrosion and fatigue 3. Multi-Cell Closed Cell Structure Rigid High radial strength NIR & NIROYAL Bx Velocity
Problems Vessel Wall injury In Stent Restenosis Target Lesion Failure Stent under/ over expansion Stent Malapposition Stent Fracture
Material Elastic Modulas (GPa) msi Tensile Strength (MPa) ksi Ultimate Tensile Strength (MPa) ksi Poisson s Ratio Yield Strength (MPa) 316L-SS 193 260 550 0.300 300 Tantalum 185 165 205 0.350 170 Nitinol 83 195 to 690 1160 0.300 560 Elgiloy 190 690 1020 0.226 520
PALMAZ- SCHATZ STENT GEOMETRY A SINGLE SEGMENT OF PS STENT (Cordis, USA) (Cordis, USA)
COMSOL Multiphysics v4.2a Structural Mechanics Module Parametric Solver Solver Equation: Load_max*((para<=1)*para+(para>1)*(2-para)) Physics Controlled Triangular Mesh 3 different Deployment Pressures
Von Mises Stress (MPa) Von Mises Stress at 2 atm Deployment Pressure 225 220 221.92 215 210 211.77 214.53 Series1 205 208.26 200 316- SS Tantalum NiTinol Elgiloy Material
Displacement (mm) Displacement at 2 atm Deployment Pressure 0.7 0.6 0.597 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.192 0.2412 0.2474 Series1 0.1 0 316- SS Tantalum NiTinol Elgiloy
Von Mises Stress (MPa) Von Mises Stress at 7 atm Deployment Pressure 790 780 770 776.8 760 750 740 741.23 747.54 Series1 730 728.9 720 710 700 316- SS Tantalum NiTinol Elgiloy
Displacement (mm) Displacement at 2 atm Deployment Pressure 2.5 2 2.008 1.5 1 0.5 0.672 0.844 0.866 Series1 0 316- SS Tantalum NiTinol Elgiloy
Von Mises Stress (MPa) Von Mises Stress (MPa) Von Mises Stress at 12 atm Pressure Deployment at Clinically Significant Deployment Pressure 1350 1331.7 1300 1270.7 1250 Series1 Von Mises Stress at 17 atm Pressure 1200 316-SS Tantalum 1820 1800 1780 1770.2 1815.4 Series1 1760 1740 NiTinol Elgiloy
Displacement (mm) Displacement (mm) Deployment at Clinically Significant Deployment Pressure Displacement at 12 atm pressure 1.5 1.153 1.447 1 0.5 Series1 Displacement at 17 atm Pressure 0 316L-SS Tantalum 6 4 2 5.071 2.104 Series1 0 NiTinol Elgiloy
Change design Decrease deployment pressure New mechanism to dissipate the high stresses formed
A preliminary study to make a realistic assessment on the effect of deployment pressure on the mechanical performance of cardiac stents. Deployment pressure in the range of 12-17 atm. generates higher stress and deformation in SS 316L and Tantalum in Comparison with Nitinol and Elgiloy. Evident that SS 316L and Tantalum were likely to be more prone to fracture under In Situ condition. Higher deformation and stress associated with these stents can cause endothelial cell denudation of the arterial wall.
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