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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Richard Francis, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Brett Vegoe, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Curtis Goreham-Voss, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Dhiraj Catoor, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Scott Robertson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/04 (2006.01); C22F 1/10 (2006.01); C22C 1/02 (2006.01); A61L 27/06 (2006.01); C22C 19/03 (2006.01); C22C 14/00 (2006.01); C22F 1/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/047 (2013.01); A61L 27/06 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); C22C 1/02 (2013.01); C22C 14/00 (2013.01); C22C 19/03 (2013.01); C22F 1/006 (2013.01); C22F 1/10 (2013.01); A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0019 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61L 2400/16 (2013.01); A61L 2430/20 (2013.01); C21D 2201/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for controlling properties of structural elements of implantable medical devices, where the structural elements contain shape memory alloys (SMAs) include promoting or inhibiting in vivo formation of R-phase crystal structure or converging or separating the R-phase from the austenite phase.