< Novel Mathematical Models of Coronary Stents as 3D Meshes of 1D Curved Rods >
with J. Tambaca (University of Zagreb, Croatia) and Dr. David Paniagua (Texas Heart Institute, Houston)

Cypher-like stent Express-like stent

• Background:
  • Modeling Mechanical Properties of Endovascular Stents in Their Expanded State [all.tar.gz (ppt presentation)]
  • Mathematical Modeling of Vascular Stents. SIAM J Appl. Math. 70(6) 1922-1952 (2010). [pdf],
  • A Novel Approach to Modeling Coronary Stents using a Slender Curved Rod Model: A Comparison Between Fractured Xience-like and Palmaz-like Stents. Proceedings of the FRANCE-USA Conference on Applied Mathematics, Lecture Notes, Springer. To appear (2009). [pdf].
• Movie gallery:
  • Palmaz-like, Xience-like and Cypher-like stents under uniform compression [html].
  • Palmaz-like, Xience-like and Cypher-like stents under bending [html].
  • Comparison between the reduced 1D model and full 3D model [pptx].