It’s not accurate to say they don’t use rubber; they just use LESS, because they’re still treaded, albeit with a layer that is adhered to the metal coil, and you don’t need tubes, either.

“Using proprietary shape-memory biocompatible polymers, Embolization’s coil devices achieve better vascular occlusion while ...

You’ve likely heard of Nitinol wire before, but we suspect the common base knowledge doesn’t go much beyond repeating that it’s a shape-memory alloy. [Bill Hammack], the Engineer … ...

Verdict Medical Devices summed up nitinol's fatigue properties thus: "it is by far the most resistant metal known to high-amplitude strain-controlled fatigue environments.

Fort Wayne Metals, Vascotube, EUROFLEX, ADMEDES, and MeKo MedTech have formed a collective to for pure, consistent, ...

NitiBrite nitinol wire is processed using an oxide-removal technique that produces a smooth, shiny surface without the use of acid-based solutions. Going green by way of reducing the output of ...

A pair of Shark Tank alumni are turning nitinol, a shape memory alloy developed by NASA for space travel, into something you can put on your bike. A Kickstarter campaign launched this week ...

Metl bicycles tires are the first consumer products made from nitinol, a NASA-developed shape-memory alloy made of nickel and titanium. Metl tires will never go flat and last a lifetime.

Created using nitinol, Stryker’s new EasyFuse™ Dynamic Compression System for high-demand foot and ankle applications is designed to decrease surgical complexity, provide strong dynamic ...