Surgery

The stent. The use of the word stent as a noun to describe a device used to “give shape or form to biological tissue” evolved over time and was used in non-cardiovascular fields including plastic surgery and urology before its common use as a coronary device. Charles Thomas Stent, who had developed Stent’s compounding material for dental impressions in the 1800s, may be long gone, but his name lives on in the medical field. (Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions)