Chinese experts independently developed fully degradable stents

China News Service, March 26 (Chen Jing and Xu Lanqing) Among the chronically ill patients in China, there are a large number of people suffering from cardiovascular diseases.

Reporters learned that on the 26th, after fifteen years of painstaking research and development, Zhong Keyuan Academy of Sciences , Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases of the Changge Junbo led team developed a new generation of fully biodegradable stents concern.

It is understood that heart stent surgery is a common method for the treatment of coronary heart disease, but the metal stent must remain in the body forever after implantation, and the patient needs to take medicine for a long time, which has become a kind of "heart disease" for stent patients.

It is reported that the biodegradable stent developed by the team of Academician Ge Junbo has experienced 15 years of research and development, scientific research and clinical research follow-up, and has independent intellectual property rights in China.

Compared with traditional permanent metal stents, fully degradable stents are made of biodegradable or absorbable materials, and have good tissue compatibility and biodegradability.

Professor Sun Baogui told reporters that a 66-year-old male patient with coronary heart disease successfully implanted two fully degradable stents in his hospital, and the postoperative effect was good.

Professor Sun Baogui told reporters that a year after the fully degradable stent is placed in the blood vessel, it can complete the remodeling of the blood vessel, and will gradually degrade, and eventually become water and carbon dioxide completely absorbed by the body, and the patient does not need to take medicine for life.

However, Professor Sun Baogui also bluntly stated that although the fully degradable stent has so many benefits, due to the difficulty of the operation and the strict requirements of the indications, patients must follow the doctor's advice.