A stent is a tube which is inserted into a human artery and then expanded by balloon angioplasty to act as a scaffold to maintain unimpeded blood flow. It is frequently made of stainless steel, or rubber-elastic shape-memory metal. The movie shows the use of a pulsed yttrium-aluminium-garnet (YAG) laser to neatly cut the tube into the required pattern, without leaving burrs.
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The movie and associated information have been provided by Rofin-Baasel UK Ltd. for educational purposes, through the good offices of Andrew B. May.
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