New computer model could lead to safer stents

Pictured is a fully expanded three dimensional model of a stent having a repeated "delta-wing" shape cell design.
Photo - Images: Elazer Edelman, Vijaya Kolachalama and Evan Levine
Photo - Images: Elazer Edelman, Vijaya Kolachalama and Evan Levine
Study by HST scientists shows that location of arterial stents is critical to efficient and safe drug delivery.

