Kirigami Stent (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kirigami Stent

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The device has two key elements -- a soft, stretchy tube made of silicone-based rubber, and a plastic coating etched with needles that pop up when the tube is stretched.

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MIT

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