Design of fish-scale microstructured stents and their biomechanical effects on cerebral aneurysm

The addition of microstructures to the inner surface of the stent reduces resistance and inhibits the phenomenon of blood adhesion. In this study, the design of a fish-scale microstructured vascular stent was proposed based on bionics, and its main design parameters were optimized using the finite element method. In addition, the hemodynamic effects of a standard stent and a fish-scale microstructured stent on an ideal cerebral aneurysm were comparatively analyzed. The results showed that the fish-scale microstructured stent significantly accelerated intraluminal blood flow velocity by 11.6% compared to the standard stent. In addition, the fish-scale microstructured stent was able to reduce blood flow into the aneurysm lumen by 28.6%.