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New release now available for the Mimics Innovation Suite

Submitted by Mimics on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 09:40

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Leuven,Belgium, May 31, 2011. Materialise is proud to announce the newest release of the Mimics Innovation Suite. The software solution, already renowned for being the fastest and easiest method for getting accurate 3D surface models from imaging data, is now faster and more user-friendly than ever. An example of the improved features is that several

Nitinol, stent fracture and related issues

Submitted by Xiao-Yan Gong on Tue, 01/30/2007 - 17:48

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Stent and Nitinol have revolutionized the medicine. In past decades, guidewires, stents, filters and many minimumly invasive devices and implants are made of Nitinol and they proved to be very successful.

However, the fatigue behavior of Nitinol has not been well understood. As a consequences, many stent fractures have been observed in-vivo. Below is a list of misconcepts that may contribute to the widely observed in-vivo fractures on Nitinol stents:

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