Nitinol

Now the material called nitinol (night-ih-nawl) is helping cancer patients fight their own battles.

It's an interesting metal called nitinol, which has a temperature memory characteristic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

With the application of a small amount of heat, a nitinol-based long-sleeve shirt can become short sleeved in seconds, while still being able to revert back to its original shape. ❋ Mmoma Ejiofor (2006)

Amanda Parkes, an MIT student, has been studying how nitinol--an acronym for the Nickel Titanium Naval Ordnance Laboratory, a material that contains a nearly equal mixture of nickel and titanium--changes shape during fluctuations in temperature. ❋ Mmoma Ejiofor (2006)

KIPS's eSVS MESH is a mesh sleeve made of nitinol, an alloy of nickel and titanium, that, when placed over a saphenous vein graft during CABG surgery, is designed to improve the structural characteristics and long-term performance of the vein graft.

Our eSVS MESH is a nitinol mesh sleeve that, when placed over a saphenous vein graft during CABG surgery, is designed to improve the structural characteristics and long-term performance of the saphenous vein graft.

In the lawsuit, Fridley-based Medtronic alleged that AGA had infringed upon the patent for its Jervis family of patents, which cover the use of stress to restrain self-expanding medical devices made of nitinol, a shape-memory metal alloy frequently used in medical devices, including Medtronic's transcatheter coronary heart valves. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Patents in the Jervis patent family, the last of which is scheduled to expire in 2018, cover the use of stress to restrain certain self-expanding medical devices made of nitinol. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This settlement covers all existing products, as well as any new products developed and commercialized by AGA Medical, using nitinol for the entire term of the Jervis patents. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The shape memory alloy nitinol can, in certain instances, be prone to chemical and mechanical damage during post processing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The stent is a semi-rigid, flexible and expandable tubular device made of nitinol (nickel titanium alloy) wire. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Its innovative nitinol element provides unique anti-slipping properties while circumferentially dilating plaque, providing a precise and predictable dilatation across a wide range of lesion types. ❋ Editors (2010)

The EverFlex System is a self-expanding nitinol stent, which incorporates a proprietary EX. P.R.T. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The VerteLift Implant is an expandable metal device composed of a nickel-titanium (nitinol) alloy that provides internal scaffolding to engage the vertebral body endplates, maintaining lift until bone cement is injected. ❋ Editors (2010)

The VerteLift System is designed for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures and features an innovative nitinol implant, designed to achieve vertebral body reconstruction via a transpedicular, minimally invasive approach. ❋ Editors (2010)