Additive Manufacturing in Vascular Stent Fabrication

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 100084, China
² 111 'Biomanufacturing and Engineering Living Systems' Innovation International Talents Base, 100084, Beijing, China
³ Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Equipment Industry Development Center, Beijing, 100846, China
⁴ China Center for Information Industry Development, Beijing, 100048, China
⁵ Beijing Huaxin Hospital First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100016, China
⁶ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

^# These authors contributed equally to this work.
^a Corresponding author : stoneszhang@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Abstract

High-efficiency formation of personalized stent by additive manufacturing (3D printing) has gained deal of attention and research in interventional and personalized medicine. In this article, the structural characteristics of vascular scaffolds and the application and innovation of additive manufacturing technology in the process of angioplasty are reviewed. In the future, with the continuous maturity of additive manufacturing technology, it is expected to be an important part of interventional precision medicine to manufacture personalized vascular stent.