by xotmetals | Jan 20, 2022 | Nickel titanium, Nitinol
Introduction Since the late 1980’s, the superelastic behavior of shape memory material and in particular, Ni-Ti alloys has been extensively exploited by the medical device industry. Superelastic NiTi has become a material of strategic importance as it allows to...
by xotmetals | Jan 2, 2022 | Nickel titanium, Nitinol
Description Among the commercially available Shape Memory Alloys, nitinol (nickel-titanium, Ni-Ti, and Ni-Ti based) is outstanding due to its excellent performance and reliability, in addition to strain recovery, Ni-Ti is attractive for several medical applications...
by xotmetals | Nov 22, 2021 | Nickel titanium, Nitinol
Nitinol Sheet Description Nitinol, well known as shape memory alloy, demonstrates a unique ability to recover its initial shape after deformation through a reversible thermo-elastic phase transformation, it allows Shape Memory Alloys to recover large strains, either...
by xotmetals | Oct 13, 2021 | Nickel titanium, Nitinol
Nitinol alloys (nickel~titanium alloys) exhibit a combination of properties which make them particularly suitable for the manufacture of self-expanding stents. Nitinol alloys are rapidly becoming the materials of choice for use in self-expanding stents, graft support...
by xotmetals | Oct 10, 2021 | Nickel titanium, Nitinol
Nitinol Wire Description Nitinol wire are the fabricating product of nickel-titanium alloy. Nitinol is well known for its thermo-mechanical properties of superelasticity and shape memory effect. Shape memory refers to the ability of Nitinol to undergo deformation at...
by xotmetals | Aug 20, 2021 | Nickel titanium, Nitinol
Nitinol Stents – Nitinol used in Vascular Surgery The shape-memory alloy, nitinol, discovered only 37 years ago, has brought about many new surgical possibilities, and is gradually being incorporated into products available in the market place. Vascular surgery...