Development of Medical Guide Wire of Cu-Al-Mn-Base Superelastic Alloy with Functionally Graded Characteristics

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-69

  Sutou, Yuji ^a   Omori, Toshihiro ^a   Furukawa, Akihisa ^b   Takahashi, Yukinori ^b   Kainuma, Ryosuke ^a   Yamauchi, Kiyoshi ^b   Yamashita, Shuzo ^c   Ishida, Kiyohito ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NEC TOKIN CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Kawasumi Laboratories Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bainitic transformation; Cu Al Mn based shape memory alloy; Guide wire; High stiffness; Superelasticity

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ALUMINUM; COPPER ALLOYS; ELASTICITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; STIFFNESS;

SUPERELASTIC ALLOYS; SUPERELASTICITY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALLOY; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; COPPER COMPLEX; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; NICKEL COMPLEX; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELASTICITY; GUIDE WIRE; PARTICLE SIZE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TORQUE;

EID: 1642402730     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.10079     Document Type: Article

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