The latest bulk procurement included some 11,000 cochlear implants purchased from five suppliers, as well as 258,000 peripheral vascular stents obtained from 18 suppliers, the National Healthcare ...
The research team at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology along with Dr. Indong Jun from KIST Europe, has developed a novel stent surface treatment technology using laser patterning.
Expanded stent physically opens a blocked blood vessel, but interactions between the metal surface and vascular cells can either promote healing or lead to adverse effects.