Device Integrity of Drug-eluting Depot Stent for Smart Drug Delivery
( Smart Drug Delivery System )
Publication series ： Smart Drug Delivery System
Author： Hao-Ming Hsiao Aichi Chien Bor-Hann Huang Dian-Ru Li5
Publisher： IntechOpen
Publication year： 2016
E-ISBN: INT6047561790
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789535122470
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9789535122470
Subject： R3 Basic Medical
Keyword： 基础医学
Language： ENG
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Device Integrity of Drug-eluting Depot Stent for Smart Drug Delivery
Description
Atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, is a condition in which plaque, made of cholesterol, fatty substances, cellular waste products, calcium, and fibrin, builds up inside the arteries. A metallic stent is a small mesh tube that is used to treat these narrowed arteries such as coronary artery diseases. The drug-eluting stent has a metallic stent platform coated with drug-polymer mix and has been shown to be superior to its metallic stent counterpart in reducing restenosis. In the past few years, a novel variation of the drug-eluting stent with micro-sized drug reservoirs (depot stent) has been introduced to the market. It allows smart programmable drug delivery with spatial/temporal control and has potential advantages over conventional stents. The drug-polymer mix compound can be altered from one reservoir to the next, allowing a highly-controlled release of different medications. For example, this depot stent concept can be applied in the renal indication for potential treatment of both renal artery stenosis (upstream) and its associated kidney diseases (downstream) simultaneously. However, the creation of such drug reservoirs on the stent struts inevitably compromises its mechanical integrity. In this study, the effects of these drug reservoirs on stent key clinical attributes were systematically investigated. We developed finite element models to predict the mechanical integrity of a balloon-expandable stent at various stages of its function life such as manufac
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