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In Vitro Measurement and Calculation of Drag Force on Iliac Limb Stentgraft in a Compliant Arterial Wall Model

A. Sinha Roy^*, K. West^†, R. S. Rontala¹, R. K. Greenberg², R. K. Banerje^1,‡

* Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA.
† The Endovascular Branch vessel laboratory, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
‡ Corresponding Author. Dept. of Mechanical, Industrial and Nuclear Engineering, 688 Rhodes Hall, PO Box 210072, Cincinnati OH, 45221 0072, Tel: 513-556-2124, Fax: 513 556-3390, Email: Rupak.Banerjee@UC.edu. The first, second and third authors contribute equally to this manuscript.