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FIG 1. Illustrative benchmark testing of the stent system.
A, Prototype stent manufactured with 4-mm diameter. The platinum/nitinol alloy stent is attached to a steel delivery wire and detached by electrolysis of an uninsulated junction zone.
B, Stent partially retrieved into the microcatheter.
C, Deployed stent in an aneurysm glass model around a 90° bend mimicking basically a wide-necked carotid-ophthalmic aneurysm treated with coils.
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