Admedes Schuessler GmbH, Germany, has announced Smart Systems, an innovative business unit dedicated to satisfying emerging market needs in the world of Nitinol-based medical devices.
Experts from three universities have joined forces to develop nickel-titanium alloy nanoparticles for electrical and thermal sensors in devices for aerospace, electronics, optical, biomedical, and petrochemical industries.
A team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, together with two collaborators in Singapore, reportedly developed a way to make minuscule ceramic objects that are not only flexible, but also have a “memory” for shape.
Boyd Coatings Research Co., Hudson, Mass., announces the capability to coat Nitinol medical devices with unmodified PTFE at a lower temperature than possible with standard PTFE, which cures at 700°F in its usual formulation.
Lumenous Device Technologies, Sunnyvale, Calif., introduces TruePhase, a noncontact Af temperature-measurement system for Nitinol devices.
