Influence of nitinol wire surface treatment on oxide thickness and composition and its subsequent effect on corrosion resistance and nickel ion release

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-70

  Clarke, B ^a   Carroll, W ^a   Rochev, Y ^a   Hynes, M ^a   Bradley, D ^b   Plumley, D ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion resistance; Medical devices; Nickel release; Nitinol; Surface treatments

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CORROSION RESISTANCE; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SURFACE TREATMENT; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM OXIDES; TOXICITY;

NITINOL; PITTING POTENTIAL; SUPERELASTIC PROPERTIES; TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

NICKEL; NITINOL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORROSION; DISSOLUTION; ELASTICITY; MATERIAL COATING; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

ALLOYS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE WIRES; CORROSION; NICKEL; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; OXIDES;

EID: 33748999537     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30720     Document Type: Article

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