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January 2020

Shape memory polymer foam-coated coils were used to occlude rabbit aneurysms. The larger golden shapes are shape memory polymer foam. Immunofluorescent staining shows cell nuclei (blue), macrophages (green), pro-inflammatory macrophages (cyan), and anti-inflammatory macrophages (red) present 30 days after device implantation. Image taken on Leica DM6B at 20X magnification. Image and sample courtesy of Scott Herting and Dr. Duncan Maitland (Biomedical Engineering).