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    Nickel titanium (redirect from Nitinol)
    named according to the weight percentage of nickel; e.g., nitinol 55 and nitinol 60. Nitinol alloys exhibit two closely related and unique properties:...
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  • NiTiNOL 60, or 60 NiTiNOL, is a Nickel Titanium alloy (nominally Ni-40wt% Ti) discovered in the late 1950s by the U. S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory (hence...
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  • Nitinol biocompatibility is an important factor in biomedical applications. Nitinol (NiTi), which is formed by alloying nickel and titanium (~ 50% Ni)...
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  • typically with lower symmetry. For a monoclinic martensitic material such as Nitinol, the monoclinic phase has lower symmetry which is important as certain...
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  • The R-phase is a phase found in nitinol, a shape-memory alloy. It is a martensitic phase in nature, but is not the martensite that is responsible for...
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    A nitinol device for closing muscular VSDs, 4 mm diameter in the centre. It is shown mounted on the catheter into which it will be withdrawn during insertion...
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    determined the crystal structure of Nitinol and the development and patenting of thermal heat exchange engines using Nitinol. He was the founder of Innovative...
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  • Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Niti can refer to: Nickel titanium alloy or Nitinol Shape memory alloy Niti Valley and Niti Pass in the Indian state of Uttarakhand...
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    shown more promise for success with intrathoracic cases, especially using nitinol, a type of shape memory alloy composed of nickel and titanium. Potential...
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  • state, allowing the nitinol to resume its corkscrew shape. Retrieval of the blood clot occurs through a pull back motion. The nitinol is engulfed in a tight...
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    forces subjected to these locations, flexible stent materials such as nitinol are used in many peripheral stents. Vascular stents made of metals can...
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    Instead of sewing, the graft tube ends, made rigid and expandable by nitinol wireframe, can be easily inserted in its reduced diameter into the vascular...
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    Space Administration (NASA) made an alloy of nickel and titanium called Nitinol to be utilized for solar panels and antennas on their satellites. In 1979...
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    developed by Franz Freudenthal block the blood vessel with woven structures of nitinol wire. Newer procedures performed effectively in older, bigger children...
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  • cobalt, titanium), used in jet engine turbine blades Nisil (silicon) Nitinol (titanium, shape memory alloy) Magnetically "soft" alloys Mu-metal (iron)...
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  • characterization of nickel free titanium–hydroxyapatite composite coating over Nitinol surface through in-situ laser cladding and alloying". Surface and Coatings...
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    coils made of nitinol, instead of valves is recommended where there is collateral ventilation that would prevent the use of valves. Nitinol is a biocompatible...
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    a soft collapsible tip and circular Nitinol cutting element that is connected to a control console. The Nitinol tip can be collapsed sufficiently to...
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    closure of the internal fistula opening with a superelastic clip made of nitinol (OTSC). During surgery, the fistula tract is debrided with a special fistula...
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    some robot applications. Muscle wire, also known as shape memory alloy, Nitinol® or Flexinol® wire, is a material that contracts (under 5%) when electricity...
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    material transport in form of cross-slip. Shape-memory alloys such as Nitinol wire also exhibit a reversible form of plasticity which is more properly...
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    PMID 16572103. Salvato (2003) p.117 Bastow E (2011-02-28). "The Best Way To Solder Nitinol". Indium Corporation Blogs. Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved...
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    expandable stents, as opposed to self-expandable stents, typically made of Nitinol alloy or polyester. Ureteric balloon catheters are used to treat ureteropelvic...
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    high schools, and hobbyists, since 1992. Stiquito's "muscles" are made of nitinol, a shape memory alloy that expands and contracts, roughly emulating the...
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    batteries) Shape memory alloys e.g. Cu-Al-Ni (alloys of Cu3Al and nickel), Nitinol (NiTi) Coating materials e.g. NiAl High-temperature structural materials...
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  • the "Simon-Nitinol Vena Cava Filter." His research began in the 1960s, when he had adapted a metal alloy of nickel and titanium called Nitinol and which...
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    CoreValve Transcatheter Aortic Valve is constructed of a self-expanding Nitinol (nickel titanium) frame and delivered through the femoral artery. This...
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    ejaculation and have fewer unwanted effects on erections. Temporary implantable nitinol device (marketed as TIND and iTIND) is a device that is placed in the urethra...
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    (2009-03-17). "Design of an Underactuated Compliant Gripper for Surgery Using Nitinol" (PDF). Journal of Medical Devices. 3 (1): 011007–011007–7. doi:10.1115/1...
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    analogous to phenomena such as superelasticity, in which substances such as Nitinol have very low, but nonzero, elastic moduli; supercooling, in which substances...
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