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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2008
Applicant:
Charles Horace Craig, Lakeside, CA (US);
Inventor:
Charles Horace Craig, Lakeside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 38/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed towards an austenitic, stainless steel series 300 alloy having improved biocompatible characteristics. The modified stainless steel alloy consists essentially of, in weight percent, about whereby variable 'X' could be comprised from a group consisting of Gold, Osmium, Palladium, Platinum, Rhenium, Tantalum, or Tungsten. The alloy provides a unique combination of strength, ductility, corrosion resistance, and other mechanical properties which also has improved biocompatible characteristics.