Table 1. Ultrathin strut (≤80 µm) biodegradable-polymer sirolimus-eluting stents available on the market.
Brand name | Manufacturer | Platform alloy | Strut thickness, ìm | Polymer thickness, ìm | Coating distribution | Polymer material |
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Abluminus | Envision Scientific | CoCr | 73 | N/A | Abluminal* | PLLA |
BioMime | Meril | CoCr | 65 | <2 | Circumferential | PLLA, PLGA |
Decent S | Accura Medizintechnik | CoCr | 65 | N/A | Circumferential | PLGA |
Genoss | Genoss | CoCr | 70 | 4 | Abluminal | N/A |
Inspiron | SciTech | CoCr | 75 | 5 | Abluminal | PLLA, PLGA |
MiStent | Micell | CoCr | 64 | 9.6 | Circumferential | PLGA |
Orsiro | Biotronik | CoCr | 60¶ | 7.4 | Circumferential | PLLA |
Rapstrom | VasMed Technologies | CoCr | 70 | <5 | Circumferential | PLLA, PLGA |
Superia | Innvolution Healthcare | CoCr | 65 | 2–3 | Circumferential | PLLA |
Supralimus Core | Sahajanand Medical Technologies | CoCr | 60 | 5–6 | Circumferential | Co-polymer of PLLA, PLGA, PLCL and PVP |
Tivoli | EssenTech | CoCr | 80 | 5.5 | Circumferential | PLGA |
Ultimaster | Terumo | CoCr | 80 | 15 | Abluminal | PDLCL |
Xlimus | Cardionovum | CoCr | 73 | 2 | Abluminal | PLLA |
Only devices with available clinical performance data have been included. *, both stent and exposed parts of the balloon are coated; ¶, 60 ìm of strut thickness for stent-diameters ≤3.0 mm and 80 ìm for stent-diameters >3.0 mm. N/A, data not available; CoCr, cobalt chromium; PDLLA, poly-D, L-lactic acid; PLGA, poly-lactic co-glycolic acid; PLLA, poly-L-lactic acid; PLCL, poly-L-lactic acid, co-caprolactone; PDLCL, poly-D, L-lactic acid, co-caprolactone; PVP, polyvinyl pyrrolidone.