TY - CHAP AU - Hao-Ming Hsiao AU - Michael D. Dake AU - Santosh Prabhu AU - Mahmood K. Razavi AU - Ying-Chih Liao AU - Alexander Nikanorov ED - Anthony N. Laskovski Y1 - 2011-01-08 PY - 2011 T1 - Life Assessment of a Balloon-Expandable Stent for Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis N2 - Rapid technological developments in the last century have brought the field of biomedical engineering into a totally new realm. Breakthroughs in materials science, imaging, electronics and, more recently, the information age have improved our understanding of the human body. As a result, the field of biomedical engineering is thriving, with innovations that aim to improve the quality and reduce the cost of medical care. This book is the second in a series of three that will present recent trends in biomedical engineering, with a particular focus on materials science in biomedical engineering, including developments in alloys, nanomaterials and polymer technologies. BT - Biomedical Engineering SP - Ch. 19 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/13478 DO - 10.5772/13478 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-18 ER -