Fatigue-crack propagation in Nitinol, ashape-memory and superelastic endovascular stent material

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 301-308

  McKelvey, A L ^a   Ritchie, R O ^a  

^a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Nitinol; Shape memory; Stent; Super elastic

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; BIOMATERIAL; NICKEL; NITINOL; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELASTICITY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; STENT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ALLOYS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BODY FLUIDS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; STENTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0033527928     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(19991205)47:3<301::AID-JBM3>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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