Self-deploying stent for heart surgery

In our aging society, more and more people depend on artificial heart valves. PhD candidate Arthur Schlothauer develops a foldable heart valve, which can be placed in the heart by means of a catheter, thus avoiding the need for invasive surgery.

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Arthur Schlothauer, Laboratory of Composite Materials and Adaptive Structures, Chair of Prof. Paolo Ermanni

Publication: external page Schlothauer A., Ermanni P., “Stiff composite cylinders for extremely expandable structures”, Sci Rep 9, 15955 (2019)

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