Research Article

Feasibility of Crosslinked Acrylic Shape Memory Polymer for a Thrombectomy Device

Figure 9

Force measurements of devices crimped at tan delta peak temperature (a). Example of one device with 35 mole% BPA crimped at tan delta peak temperature (scale bar = 1 mm) (b). Images were taken at 2.5x magnification. White arrow points at a common site for failure.
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