Initial exploration of Ti-Ta, Ti-Ta-Ir and Ti-Ir alloys: Candidate materials for coronary stents

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1553-1559

  O'Brien, Barry ^a   Stinson, Jon ^b   Carroll, William ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Eutectoid; Iridium; Stent; Titanium

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CORROSION RESISTANCE; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; ELASTIC MODULI; TANTALUM ALLOYS; TERNARY ALLOYS; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

ARC MELTING TECHNIQUE; CANDIDATE MATERIALS; CONDITION; CORONARY STENTS; EUTECTOID; INITIAL EXPLORATION; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; SOLUTION TREATED CONDITIONS; TITANIA; TITANIUM (ALLOYS);

STENTS;

BIOMATERIAL; IRIDIUM; TANTALUM; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY STENT; CORROSION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MELTING POINT; METAL IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 48449091608     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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