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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Ormco Corporation, Orange, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alfred David Johnson, Berkeley, CA (US);
Sammel S. Alauddin, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ormco Corporation, Orange, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 1/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/20 (2006.01); C22C 9/01 (2006.01); C22F 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 1/006 (2013.01); A61C 7/20 (2013.01); C22C 9/01 (2013.01); C22F 1/08 (2013.01); A61C 2201/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods are provided for shape-setting hyperelastic, single-crystal shape memory alloy (SMA) material while preserving the hyperelastic properties of the material. A wire or rod of a single crystal shape memory alloy material is heated to an annealing temperature (T). While maintained at the annealing temperature, the wire or rod is shaped by driving the wire or rod and a shaping form together into contact with each other, and the shaped wire or rod is quenched in a quenching medium virtually simultaneously with the shaping.