Acceptance criteria for corrosion resistance of medical devices: Statistical analysis of nitinol pitting in in vivo environments

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 768-780

  Eiselstein, Lawrence E ^a   Steffey, Duane ^a   Nissan, Andrew ^a   Corlett, Nigel ^a   Dugnani, Roberto ^a   Kus, Esra ^a   Stewart, Sarah G ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

ASTM F 2129; Biomaterials; Corrosion testing; Electrochemistry; Nitinol; Pitting; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA; ASTM F 2129; CENSORED DATA; CORROSION TESTING; CYCLIC POLARIZATION; DATA SETS; ELECTROPOLISHED; IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES; IN-VIVO; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MARGIN OF SAFETY; MEDICAL DEVICES; NITINOL; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; PER UNIT; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODELS; SURFACE AREA; TEST METHOD; ULTRA HIGH PURITY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLOW PATTERNS; PITTING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; TESTING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CORROSION RESISTANCE;

EID: 67651171232     PISSN: 10599495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11665-009-9420-z     Document Type: Article

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