Medical Device Materials : Proceedings of the Materials and Processes for Medical Devices Conference 2009, August 10-12, 2009 Minneapolis, Minn., USA / edited by Jeremy Gilbert. V.

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PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- Cytotoxicity Assessment of Corrosion Products of Nitinol Alloys -- Inhibiting Microbial Biofilm Formation by Brominated Furanones -- Characterization of �As-Received� Nickel � Titanium Alloy Wire By Cyclic Potentiodynamic Polarization -- Can a Critical Breakdown Potential be Established for Electrochemical Corrosion Testing of Medical Devices According to ASTM F2129? -- The Effects of Heat Treatment, Surface Condition and Strain on Nickel-Leaching Rates and Corrosion Performance in Nitinol Wires

The Effect of Surface Abrasion on the Polarization Behavior of CoCr, Ti-6Al-4V and 316L SS in PBS at pH 7 and 2Improving the Reliability of Medical Devices Coatings -- Ultrasonic Cleaning-Induced Failures in Medical Devices -- Application of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for Implants with Sputtered Iridium Oxide Coatings -- Electrochemical Characteristics of Titanium and its Alloys in Phosphate Buffer Saline -- Titanium Oxide Layer on the Surface of Anodized Dental Implants -- An Introduction to a New Family of Palladium Based Medical Alloys

Characterization of Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of a Biomedical Magnesium-Calcium AlloyStrength and Fatigue Improvement of Metastable Beta Titanium Alloys by Boron Additions and Equal Channel Angular Extrusion -- Improvement in Fatigue Strength of Ti-29Nb-13Ta-4.6Zr Alloy while Maintaining Low Modulus for Biomedical Applications -- Investigation of Alternate Materials for Apertures in Proton Therapy -- A Comparison of Pd-Ir Alloys to Pt-Ir Alloys -- Active Biomaterials -- Catheter and Specialty Needle Alloys

Texture and Microstructure of Ag Core MP35N Wire with NDR ProcessEvaluation of Biodegradable Adjunctive Therapy for Extremity Wound Infection Reduction -- Mechanical Properties of a Sintered Asymmetric Particle Ingrowth Coating -- Clinical Consequences of CoCr Wear Products in the Hip -- Effects of Wire Contact Conditions on the Bending and Torsion Behaviors of Metal Wire Braids -- Fabrication of Nano-gap Electrodes and Nano-wires by Using Electrochemical and Chemical Etching Technique for a Nano-pore DNA/RNA Sequencer

Influence of Silicon Carbide Layers on the Mechanical Behavior of Silicon-Alloyed Isotropic Pyrolytic CarbonOxygen Plasma Treatment on Adhesion Improvement of Au Deposited on Pa-c Substrates -- Towards Bioactive Titanium Maxillofacial Implants -- Developing Cell Selectivities of Acrylonitrile Based Copolymers and Porous Bodies from Poly(ether imide) -- Luer Tip Roughness and Texture to Prevent Breakage in Critical Applications -- Cellular Response to Anodic and Cathodic Surface Voltage, and Metal Ion Release in Polarized CoCr Biomedical Alloy

This volume includes contributions from the world's foremost experts from academia, industry, and national laboratories involved in cardiac, vascular, neurological, and orthopaedic implants, dental devices, and surgical instrumentation/devices. Topics covered include: fabrication, fatigue, corrosion, tissue biocompatibility, cell-surface interactions, regulatory issues, shape memory alloys and a host of other cutting edge subjects. -- Provided by publisher.

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