Date of download: 7/28/2017
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From: Simplified Multistage Computational Approach to Assess the Fatigue Behavior of a Niti Transcatheter
Aortic Valve During In Vitro Tests: A Proof-of-Concept Study
J. Med. Devices. 2017;11(2):021009-021009-11. doi:10.1115/1.4035791
Figure Legend:
Creation of the aortic valve stent-frame FE model: (a) 2D planar sketch for the laser cutting process, (b) 3D valve model in the
postlaser cutting configuration, (c) surfaces used to simulate the valve expansion process