Feasibility of Crosslinked Acrylic Shape Memory Polymer for a Thrombectomy Device

Table 2

Rubbery modulus and mechanical transition temperature values.

	Composition	Strain-to-failure; (mm/mm)	Stress-at-failure; (MPa)	Toughness; (MJ/m^3)
𝑇 = temperature at loss modulus peak	5% BPA	1.43±0.0985	11.9±2.14	8.99±1.72
	15% BPA	0.773±0.0906	14.2±1.51	6.21±0.992
	25% BPA	0.609±0.119	13.2±1.07	3.96±0.747
	35% BPA	0.475±0.0957	23.0±4.15	6.38±1.79
𝑇 = temperature at tan delta peak	5% BPA	1.41±0.254	2.75±0.338	1.49±0.296
	15% BPA	0.590±0.182	2.87±0.254	0.697±0.169
	25% BPA	0.357±0.0354	4.09±0.251	0.647±0.0723
	35% BPA	0.376±0.0879	7.73±1.56	1.24±0.316