Bare metal stents (designed to keep the vessel open) or drug eluting stents (metal stents treated to release specific drugs are the traditional methods of treating blood vessel blockages.
Researchers from Seoul National University have developed a bioresorbable stent that has several other features built into it. The stent is made of a magnesium alloy and incorporates nanoparticles to reduce the level of damaging reactive oxygen species, with anti-inflammatory drugs.
Researchers from Seoul National University have developed a bioresorbable stent that has several other features built into it. The stent is made of a magnesium alloy and incorporates nanoparticles to reduce the level of damaging reactive oxygen species, with anti-inflammatory drugs.
The nanoparticles, which acts as antioxidants can be triggered using, directed infrared light, flow and temperature sensors for physiological sensing, and an array for data storage.
Source: Medindia
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