Biodegradable

Stents are commonly used in patients suffering from heart disease, inserted into the coronary arteries to open them and increase the blood flow to the heart in a procedure known as angioplasty. Technology has now produced biodegradable…

When you break a bone, a cast holds it in place while it heals, and then it is removed. In a similar way, when you have a blocked artery, a new type of stent props it open and then dissolves in your body after two years. Conventional stents…