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Comparison of dry and wet fibre laser profile cutting of thin 316L stainless steel tubes for medical device applications
(Elsevier B.V., 2010-11-19)
In medical coronary stent fabrication, high precision profile cutting with minimum post-processing is desirable. Existing methods of profiling thin tubular metallic materials are based mainly on the use of Nd:YAG lasers. ...
Laser cutting of coronary stents: Progress and development in laser based stent cutting technology
(Trans Tech Publications Ltd., 2015)
Laser cutting is one of the key fabrication technologies applied to coronary stent manufacture. This paper reviews the recent progress in laser-based stent manufacturing, including different type of lasers used, laser ...