- Unique edge design offers controlled stent expansion.
Edge injuries are caused by both stent edge flaring during expansion & balloon "Dog Bonning”. Conventional stent designs expand as "Edge First Expansion" resulting in injury at the edges. The stent balloon mismatch also causes injury at the edges due to "Dog Bonning" effect. genX™ Stent incorporates wide closed cells at the stent edges that will minimize edge flaring & knife edge focal injury during expansion. Also the stent & balloon is precisely matched to minimize "Don Bonning" effect.
- Optimum Cell size & Shape.
Generally during stent expansion, due to the intra cellular balloon protrusion, the expansion energy from the balloon is transferred to the arterial wall causing injuries. This is cell size & shape dependent. genX™ Stent has optimum cell size & shape to minimize injuries.
- Lower strut thickness.
genX™ Stent utilizes chromium cobalt L 605 alloy which is more stronger than stainless steel and helps in reducing the strut thickness providing the same vessel support and minimizes focal mechanical injury to the vessel wall.
- Better stent artery compliance.
During the stent expansion, artery experiences extreme strain. Greater the strain greater is injury. genX™ Stent is designed to minimize arterial strain due to stent-artery compliance mismatch.
- Superior acute gain-more vessel area.
genX™ Stent tends to recoil less than 5% when fully expanded, whereby offering superior acute gain & more vessel area, thanks to the 10-cell design.
- High flexibility & lower crossing profile to address complex anatomies.
The longitudinal "X" link connection between the cells with lower strut thickness offers lower crossing profile & multi axial high flexibility while negotiating complex anatomies. Vessels do not tend to straighten after the stent expansion.
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