Assessing the corrosion behaviour of Nitinol for minimally-invasive device design

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 67-73

  Venugopalan, R ^a   Trepanier C ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Endovascular Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Galvanic; Nitinol; Passivated; Scratch resistance

Indexed keywords

GOLD; IRIDIUM; NICKEL; PLATINUM; STAINLESS STEEL; TANTALUM; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CORROSION; DISSOLUTION; ELASTICITY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 1642618096     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645700009063052     Document Type: Review

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