Methods for Quantifying Vessel Deformation Due to Pulsatile and Non-Pulsatile Forces

Despite the significant effort expended by the medical device industry to design and manufacture stents and stent grafts, vascular stent fractures have been reported in almost every implanted location including the aortic, iliac, popliteal, subclavian, renal, coronary, carotid, and superficial femoral arteries.