FATIGUE RESISTANT ENDOPROSTHESES

A superelastic endoprosthesis can have improved fatigue resistance, and improved resistance to crack formation by being configuring to have an austenitic finish temperature from about 5 degrees Celsius to about 35 degrees Celsius, a stress-strain curve having an upper plateau stress from about 40 ks...

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Main Authors SHRIVASTAVA SANJAY, KANG KEVIN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 20.12.2007
Subjects
BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS
DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS
FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS
FIRST-AID KITS
FOMENTATION
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES
PROSTHESES
TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Summary:A superelastic endoprosthesis can have improved fatigue resistance, and improved resistance to crack formation by being configuring to have an austenitic finish temperature from about 5 degrees Celsius to about 35 degrees Celsius, a stress-strain curve having an upper plateau stress from about 40 ksi to about 80 ksi, and a lower plateau stress from about 5 ksi to about 50 ksi. Such an endoprosthesis may be fabricated by heating at least a portion of the endoprosthetic body in a fluid, such as air, salt bath, or fluidized sand, having a temperature from about 400 degrees Celsius to about 600 degrees Celsius for at least about 30 seconds. Additionally, only portions of an endoprosthesis may selectively be subjected to the heating parameters of the present invention such that the endoprosthesis exhibits an increased radial stiffness and an increased flexibility in the longitudinal direction.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20070748214