Fibre Laser Cutting and Chemical Etching of AZ31 for Manufacturing Biodegradable Stents

<table>Laser cutting of stent mesh with different power and process gas conditions on flat AZ31. Samples show results after chemical etching. The non-separated specimens were etched until the sheet thickness was reduced to 0.16 mm.</table>

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

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Figure 3: Fibre Laser Cutting and Chemical Etching of AZ31 for Manufacturing Biodegradable Stents 