What am I looking at?
Visual recognition
Stent mounted on a balloon with radiopaque markers; deploys exactly where inflated.
09-02
Balloon-expandable stent
Balloon-mounted stent
Three-panel learning framework
Recognition, context, and distinction
What does it do, and where will I see it?
Use & procedural context
Stent crimped on a balloon for precise, high-radial-force placement at focal or ostial lesions. Typical procedural contexts include ostial renal or visceral, iliac, and other focal stenoses.
What most clearly distinguishes it from similar devices?
Key distinctions
Balloon expansion provides precise deployment and high radial force at a defined location, unlike self-expanding stents that enlarge after release from a constrained delivery system.