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A proposed classification of stents by individual parameters (table from Nelken 2004)
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| Deployment method |
Balloon expandable/angioplasty or self‐expanding |
| Geometry |
Closed cell, open cell, modified connectors; weave‐braided, knitted; spiral coil, helix |
| Construction materials |
Stainless steel, 316L, full hard stainless; tantalum; platinum; nitinol; cobalt alloys; bio‐absorbable |
| Treated stents |
Coated stents and drug‐eluting stents: metals, bound drugs (passivation), ceramics, polymers,
drug‐eluting stents |
