ISO 25539‐1: Cardiovascular implants – Endovascular devices – Part 1: Endovascular prostheses
ISO 25539‐2: Cardiovascular implants – Endovascular devices – Part 2: Vascular stents
The purpose of this test is to determine the force at which a pre-specified amount of permanent deformation (for balloon-expandable stents) or a pre-specified displacement (for self-expanding stents) occurs under a load applied perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the stent.
