Date of download: 10/11/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Mechanical Properties of a Biodegradable Balloon-expandable Stent From Poly(L-lactide) for Peripheral Vascular Applications J. Med. Devices. 2006;1(1):84-88. doi:10.1115/1.2355683 Figure Legend: Balloon-expandable PLLA stent prototype, (a) undeployed configuration, (b) deployed configuration. Note the expansion ratio of 2.1 and the minor shortening of approx. 3%. Bar length=10mm.

Date of download: 10/11/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Mechanical Properties of a Biodegradable Balloon-expandable Stent From Poly(L-lactide) for Peripheral Vascular Applications J. Med. Devices. 2006;1(1):84-88. doi:10.1115/1.2355683 Figure Legend: Representative stent profile at different balloon inflation pressures, (a) PLLA stent, (b) PLLA/PCL/TEC stent

Date of download: 10/11/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Mechanical Properties of a Biodegradable Balloon-expandable Stent From Poly(L-lactide) for Peripheral Vascular Applications J. Med. Devices. 2006;1(1):84-88. doi:10.1115/1.2355683 Figure Legend: Characteristic pressure-diameter curves of the PLLA and the PLLA/PCL/TEC stents during balloon expansion. The curves reflect the stent diameter measured in the stent midsection.

Date of download: 10/11/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Mechanical Properties of a Biodegradable Balloon-expandable Stent From Poly(L-lactide) for Peripheral Vascular Applications J. Med. Devices. 2006;1(1):84-88. doi:10.1115/1.2355683 Figure Legend: Elastic stent recoil and stent shortening after dilation with a balloon pressure of 8bar and subsequent balloon deflation. Bars representing mean values ± standard deviation.

Date of download: 10/11/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Mechanical Properties of a Biodegradable Balloon-expandable Stent From Poly(L-lactide) for Peripheral Vascular Applications J. Med. Devices. 2006;1(1):84-88. doi:10.1115/1.2355683 Figure Legend: Superpositioned images from a numerical analysis of stent collapse showing axial views of the stent in the deployed and collapsed configuration. The images illustrate the ovalization of the stent under external pressure, which can be expressed in terms of the radial displacement parameters Δr1 and Δr2.

Date of download: 10/11/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Mechanical Properties of a Biodegradable Balloon-expandable Stent From Poly(L-lactide) for Peripheral Vascular Applications J. Med. Devices. 2006;1(1):84-88. doi:10.1115/1.2355683 Figure Legend: Representative radial displacement curves of a PLLA and a PLLA/PCL/TEC stent under increasing external pressure

Date of download: 10/11/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Mechanical Properties of a Biodegradable Balloon-expandable Stent From Poly(L-lactide) for Peripheral Vascular Applications J. Med. Devices. 2006;1(1):84-88. doi:10.1115/1.2355683 Figure Legend: Representative curves illustrating the different creep behavior of the PLLA and the PLLA/PCL/TEC stent under a constant static external pressure load of the stents (p=100mmHg). The curves reflect the time dependent radial displacement Δr1 and Δr2.

Date of download: 10/11/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Mechanical Properties of a Biodegradable Balloon-expandable Stent From Poly(L-lactide) for Peripheral Vascular Applications J. Med. Devices. 2006;1(1):84-88. doi:10.1115/1.2355683 Figure Legend: Stent collapse pressure as a function of storage time in Sørensen buffer (pH=7.4) at 37°C

Date of download: 10/11/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Mechanical Properties of a Biodegradable Balloon-expandable Stent From Poly(L-lactide) for Peripheral Vascular Applications J. Med. Devices. 2006;1(1):84-88. doi:10.1115/1.2355683 Figure Legend: Molecular weight Mw as a function of storage time in Sørensen buffer (pH=7.4) at 37°C