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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
May. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
John F. Boylan, Murrieta, CA (US);
William J. Boyle, Fallbrook, CA (US);
Kevin M. Magrini, Oceanside, CA (US);
Scott J. Huter, Temecula, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 1/10 ; C22K 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 1/10 ; C22K 1/00 ;
Abstract
Nickel-titanium alloys that have been deep drawn in a cold working process have linear pseudoelastic behavior without a phase transformation or onset of stress-induced martensite. A medical device made from a structural element which has been deep drawn and subsequently formed into a desired medical device geometry will experience such linear pseudoelastic behavior.