Breakthrough [electronic resource] : NETL's Research Saving Lives with Coronary Stents

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 621.38 Electronics, communications engineering
• Thông tin xuất bản: Morgantown, W.Va. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : National Energy Technology Laboratory (U.S.) ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2012
• Mô tả vật lý: Size: 0:02:42 : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 262215
• Chủ đề: 1. 36 materials science; 2. 60 applied life sciences; 3. Breakthrough video; 4. Coronary stents; 5. Materials research; 6. Medicine; 7. Platinum heart stent; 8. Stent

Tóm tắt

NETL's Albany location is world renown for its expertise in materials research. One recent offshoot of this expertise was the assistance in developing a new material for coronary stents. This research led to the development of a stent which now has a 33% global market share and has produced over four hundred sustainable jobs in the United States.