Analysis of Drug Eluting Stent Coating Solutions Using FT-NIR Spectroscopy
September 1, 2009 By: Sacha Bonenfant
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Frédéric Despagne
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ABB Analytical
A drug-eluting stent (DES) is an expandable metal alloy framework placed into narrowed coronary arteries that slowly releases a drug coating to treat atherosclerosis. Production of DES is a labor-intensive batch process that requires very tight control. Fourier Transform Near-InfraRed spectroscopy (FT-NIR) is an efficient technique to perform accurate quantification of the different components in DES coating solutions. |