FLEXIBILITY TEST OF THE TOOLS OF ANGIOPLASTY

István Hajdu; Dóra Károly; Liza Pelyhe

doi:10.14311/APP.2016.3.0015

Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings (Feb 2016)

FLEXIBILITY TEST OF THE TOOLS OF ANGIOPLASTY

István Hajdu,
Dóra Károly,
Liza Pelyhe

Affiliations

István Hajdu: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Bertalan Lajos u. 7, 1111, Budapest, Hungary
Dóra Károly: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Bertalan Lajos u. 7, 1111, Budapest, Hungary
Liza Pelyhe: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Bertalan Lajos u. 7, 1111, Budapest, Hungary

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14311/APP.2016.3.0015
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 0
pp. 15 – 18

Abstract

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Coronary angioplasty is a procedure used to treat the narrowed coronary arteries. Physicians operate with many different tools during the intervention, the main devices are the following: guidewires, guiding catheters, balloon catheters and stents. One of the most important properties of the tools of angioplasty is flexibility. This article introduces a flexibility measuring device and a testing method. With the help of this the flexibility of the tools of angioplasty can be compared easily.

Published in Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings

ISSN: 2336-5382 (Online)
Publisher: CTU Central Library
Country of publisher: Czechia
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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