Fatigue and Fracture of Medical Metallic Materials and Devices (ASTM special technical publication, 1481)

Foreword......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Overview......Page 8
Martensite Transformations and Fatigue Behavior of Nitinol......Page 12
Effects of Phase Transformations on Fatigue Endurance of a Superelastic NiTi Alloy......Page 27
Thermoelastic Transformation Behavior of Nitinol......Page 33
Functional Properties of Nanostructured Ti-50.0 at % Ni Alloys......Page 43
Application of Low Plasticity Burnishing (LPB) to Improve the Fatigue Performance of Ti-6Al-4V Femoral Hip Stems......Page 54
Comparison of the Corrosion Fatigue Characteristics of 23Mn-21Cr-1Mo Low Nickel, 22Cr-13Ni-5Mn, and 18Cr-14Ni-2.5Mo Stainless Steels......Page 65
Verification of Strain Level Calculations in Nitinol Fatigue Resistance Predictions......Page 76
Prediction of Failure in Existing Heart Valve Designs......Page 86
Characterizing Fatigue Response of Nickel-Titanium Alloys by Rotary Beam Testing......Page 96
Experimental Studies of NiTi Self-Expanding Stent Designs......Page 107
FDA Recommendations for Nitinol Stent and Endovascular Graft Fatigue Characterization and Fracture Reporting1......Page 119