NDLI: Biomechanical Challenges to Polymeric Biodegradable Stents

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Author	Soares, Joao S. Moore, James E.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Biodegradable implants have demonstrated clinical success in simple applications (e.g., absorbable sutures) and have shown great potential in many other areas of interventional medicine, such as localized drug delivery, engineered tissue scaffolding, and structural implants. For endovascular stenting and musculoskeletal applications, they can serve as temporary mechanical support that provides a smooth stress-transfer from the degradable implant to the healing tissue. However, for more complex device geometries, in vivo environments, and evolving load-bearing functions, such as required for vascular stents, there are considerable challenges associated with the use of biodegradable materials. A biodegradable stent must restore blood flow and provide support for a predictable appropriate period to facilitate artery healing, and subsequently, fail safely and be absorbed in a controllable manner. Biodegradable polymers are typically weaker than metals currently employed to construct stents, so it is difficult to ensure sufficient strength to keep the artery open and alleviate symptoms acutely while keeping other design parameters within clinically acceptable ranges. These design challenges are serious, given the general lack of understanding of biodegradable polymer behavior and evolution in intimal operating conditions. The modus operandi is mainly empirical and relies heavily on trial-and-error methodologies burdened by difficult, resource-expensive, and time-consuming experiments. We are striving for theoretical advancements systematizing the empirical knowledge into rational frameworks that could be cast into in silico tools for simulation and product development optimization. These challenges are evident when one considers that there are no biodegradable stents on the US market despite more than 30 years of development efforts (and currently only a couple with CE mark). This review summarizes previous efforts at implementing biodegradable stents, discusses the specific challenges involved, and presents recently developed material-modeling frameworks that can benefit this exciting field.
Starting Page	560
Ending Page	579
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00906964
Journal	Annals of Biomedical Engineering
Volume Number	44
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15739686
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-10-13
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Biodegradable polymer Scission Degradation Erosion Drug delivery Drug elution Damage Mechanical properties Mathematical modeling Biomedicine general Biomedical Engineering Biophysics and Biological Physics Mechanics Biochemistry
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Biomedical Engineering

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