Modeling of braided stents: Comparison of geometry reconstruction and contact strategies.

Journal of Biomechanics
Alissa ZaccariaLorenza Petrini

Abstract

Braided stents are self-expandable devices widely used in many different clinical applications. In-silico methods could be a useful tool to improve the design stage and preoperative planning; however, numerical modeling of braided structures is not trivial. The geometries are often challenging, and a parametric representation is not always easily achieved. Moreover, in the literature, different options have been proposed to handle the contact among the wires, but an extensive comparison of these modeling techniques is missing.In this work, both the geometry and contact issues are discussed. Firstly, an effective strategy based on parametric equations to draw complex braided geometries is illustrated and exploited to build three beam meshes resembling commercial devices. Secondly, three finite element simulations (bending, crimping and confined release) were carried out to compare simplified contact techniques involving connector elements with the more realistic but computationally expensive option based on the general contact algorithm, which has already been validated in the literature through comparisons with experimental results. Both local (stress distribution) and global quantities (forces/displacements) were analyzed.The ...Continue Reading

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Jan 18, 2021·Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials·Ciara G McKenna, Ted J Vaughan
May 1, 2021·Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials·Alissa ZaccariaLorenza Petrini

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