FLOW DIVERTER STENTS TECHNOLOGY

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• Researchers of Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute of Medical Science and Technology (SCTIMST), have developed an innovative intracranial flow diverter stent for the treatment of aneurysms of the blood  vessels of the brain.
  
  
• It is ready for transfer and further testing in animals, followed by human trials.
  
  
• Flow diverters stents when deployed in the artery in the brain bearing the aneurysms, divert blood flow away from the aneurysm, thus reducing the chances of its rupture from the pressure of blood flow.
  
  
• Flow diverters have the advantages of being flexible and adaptable to the shape and course of the vessel. Also flow diverters promote healing of the vessel wall by removing the constant stress of blood flow on it.