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Laser Cutting of Coronary Stents: Progress and Development in Laser Based Stent Cutting Technology

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Laser cutting is one of the key fabrication technologies applied to coronary stent manufacture. This paper reviews the recent progress in laser-based stent manufacturing, including different type of lasers used, laser interaction with different stent materials, process characteristics and quality/productivity issues.

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Key Engineering Materials (Volume 660)

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August 2015

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Noorhafiza Muhammad*, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah, Mohd Shuhidan Saleh, Lin Li

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Biocompatible, Laser Micromachining, Long Pulsed Lasers, Review, Stent, Ultra-Short Pulsed Lasers, Underwater

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