1. Simulating the Release Mechanism in Drug-Eluting Stents
Developed pore-shell model of the coating on drug-eluting stents to investigate the release mechanism and improve design
Simulation results confirm a fast release mechanism from pores and slow diffusion from shell; excellent agreement with in vitro experiments
COMSOL News 2014: Travis Schauer and Ismail Guler, Boston Scientific, MN, USA
Stent insertion and expansion in an artery.
Simulation results in COMSOL Multiphysics®: predicted drug concentration for the in vitro case at t = 2 hrs.