Creating stent geometries¶
Wire stent¶
The image shows a single layered (top) and a double layered (bottom) wire stent in line model. Both were generated by the script below.
![../_images/WireStent.png](../_images/WireStent.png)
{colorize;../scripts/wirestent.py}
Wire stent in surface model¶
By sweeping a circular contour along (some of) the wires of the previous example, a surface mesh of the wires can be obtained.
![../_images/WireStent4.png](../_images/WireStent4.png)
Balloon expandable stent¶
pyFormex can be used for the parametric design of balloon expandable stents. As illustrated below, both the geometric design and the mesh can easily be modified.
![../_images/BalloonExpandableStent1.png](../_images/BalloonExpandableStent1.png)
![../_images/BalloonExpandableStent2.png](../_images/BalloonExpandableStent2.png)