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Scientists Use Math to Build Better Stents
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Suncica Canic, a professor of mathematics at the University of Houston, uses computer models to design better stents--tiny tubes that hold blood vessels open after they've been clogged with disease-causing plaque. Here, a 3-D computer model of a stent.
Credit: Suncica Canic, Mate Kosor and Josip Tambaca; University of Houston and University of Zagreb |
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This simpler computer model simulates stents just as accurately as the more complex 3-D models.
Credit: Suncica Canic, Mate Kosor and Josip Tambaca; University of Houston and University of Zagreb |
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Computer models show the varying flexibility of different stent designs.
Credit: Suncica Canic, Mate Kosor and Josip Tambaca; University of Houston and University of Zagreb |
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