{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Glossary","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary","author_name":"Glossary","author_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/","title":"Stent - Definition of Stent","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"15fqVfWPuP\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/stent\/\">Stent<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/stent\/embed\/#?secret=15fqVfWPuP\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Stent&#8221; &#8212; Glossary\" data-secret=\"15fqVfWPuP\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Prosthesis used to hold grafts together or to maintain patency of orifices, vessels, or ducts; in dentistry; a prosthetic device used to prevent movement of hard and soft tissues to promote healing and protect from infection.A device used to hold tissue in place or provide support.A metal device inserted into a blood vessel to keep blood flowing through the vessel.A support of artificial material often inserted in a tube or vessel which has been sutured.A woven piece of wire, inserted percutaneously through a catheter and used to maintain the lumen of a coronary artery that has been narrowed by atherosclerosis.A small, cylindrical tube of wire mesh inserted into a passageway such as a section of diseased artery to hold it open. The stent is put into place with a catheter, a thin tube threaded into a vein and guided to the site of the diseased artery.A compound that has been used in dentistry to take impressions of the mouth and teeth. It softens in boiling water and resets on cooling; modified forms soften at lower temperatures. It has now been largely replaced by alginates and silicone rubbers.A surgical device used to assist the healing of an operative anastamosis a joining-up of two structures. A splint is left inside the lumen of a duct and this drains the contents.Originally a compound used in making dental molds.A mesh coil used to open blocked arteries.An apparatus crafted from an expandable mesh material, typically metal, is positioned at the location of a constricted artery using a balloon catheter. Once in place, the stent remains fixed, serving the purpose of maintaining the openness of the artery.A firm metal or plastic tube is surgically implanted to expand or maintain the openness of a bodily canal that has constricted or shut due to illness. Stents are employed for widening narrowed coronary arteries or alleviating an obstruction caused by a tumor, such as in the bile duct or the pancreas."}