Evolution of Vascular Stents: Advances in Materials, Structural Design, and Clinical Translation

Open Access

Issue		BIO Web Conf. Volume 237, 2026 2026 8^th International Conference on Biotechnology and Biomedicine (ICBB 2026)


Article Number		03001
Number of page(s)		6
Section		Biomaterials, Medical Devices and Biomedical Engineering
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202623703001
Published online		10 June 2026

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