Exclusive: Ground-breaking heart artery device for some NZ patients
"...The German invention is called the Magmaris, a tiny drug-infused scaffold made of magnesium alloy which should fully dissolve and be absorbed into his body within a year..." read more: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/exclusive-ground-breaking-heart-artery-device-some-nz-patients

Resorbable magnesium stent comes to Malaysia
"...Touching on the unique use of magnesium in the scaffold, Prof Haude says, “First of all, you have to appreciate that magnesium is in our body.
“It is the fourth most abundant cation (positively-charged ion) in the body and the second most abundant in the intracellular space....
See more: http://www.star2.com/health/wellness/2016/08/07/resorbable-magnesium-stent-comes-to-malaysia/

A New Plymouth man has become one of just a few hundred in the world to receive the new absorbable device to treat blocked arteries.