MEASURING METHOD AND MEASURING APPARATUS FOR MEASURING DEFORMABILITY OF STENT IN BENDING DIRECTION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a measuring method or the like capable of appropriately measuring the deformability of a stent in the bending direction in an actual use state.SOLUTION: The measuring method of measuring the deformability of a stent in the bending direction includes the steps of: holding a first part of the stent with a first retainer; holding, with a second retainer, a second part whose position in the length direction of the stent is different from that of the first part; and changing the relative positions of the first retainer and second retainer so that the bending angle of the stent changes, and measuring the magnitude of the force received from the stent by the first retainer and second retainer.