Braided stents are nothing new in medicine, but their manufacturing process is still time-consuming. This is why Prof. Stefan Jockenhövel from the RWTH Aachen University and his team want to make machine production possible.Prof. Jockenhövel, laser-cutting machines are often used to manufacture stents. You, on the other hand, braid implants. Wherein lies the difference?Stefan Jockenhövel: It depends on the diameter a stent is intended to have. For minimal luminal diameters, for instance for stents intended for use in coronary arteries, laser cutting is the best option. A laser-cutting machine is able to cut very small ...
Read here the interview with Prof. Jockenhövel