Admedes Schuessler, Germany, reports that its Blue Oxide surface treatment for controlled thermal oxidation creates a 15- to 100-nm oxide layer on Nitinol with pure and dense TiO2, without causing performance-fading byproducts.
Norman Noble Inc., Highland Heights, Ohio, has opened a new process development center in Naples, Florida, that doubles the company’s capacity for manufacturing orthopedic implant and device prototypes.