Forthcoming Standard From ASTM Will Cover Stent Kink Resistance

The proposed standard from ASTM International will lay bare a uniform method for testing the kink resistance of endovascular stents and stent grafts.

Stent 3d illustration.

Worldwide standards group ASTM International is proposing a new standard that will lay bare a uniform method for testing the kink resistance of endovascular stents and stent grafts.

The group’s Committee on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices is developing the proposed standard, WK70150.

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