Medical Devices and Method for Making the Same
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1. A balloon-expandable medical stent, comprising:
- a generally tubular body including an alloy having Ti at about 20 weight percent or more and about 40 weight percent or more of Ta, the alloy having a yield strength of about 45 ksi or more, a magnetic susceptibility of about +1 or less, and a mass absorption coefficient of about 1.9 cm2/g or more.
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Abstract
Medical devices, such as stents, and methods of the devices are described.
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42 Claims
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1. A balloon-expandable medical stent, comprising:
a generally tubular body including an alloy having Ti at about 20 weight percent or more and about 40 weight percent or more of Ta, the alloy having a yield strength of about 45 ksi or more, a magnetic susceptibility of about +1 or less, and a mass absorption coefficient of about 1.9 cm2/g or more. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20)
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10. A balloon-expandable medical stent, comprising:
a generally tubular body including an alloy having Ti at about 20 weight percent or more and about 50 weight percent of Zr, the alloy having a yield strength of about 45 ksi or more, a magnetic susceptibility of about +1 or less, and a mass absorption coefficient of about 1.9 cm2/g or more.
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22. An implantable medical device, comprising:
an alloy having Ti at about 20 weight percent or more and 20 weight percent or more of at least one of Zr, Ta, or Mo, with the proviso that the alloy includes at least about 3 weight percent of Mo, the alloy having a yield strength of about 45 ksi or more, a magnetic susceptibility of about +1 or less, and a mass absorption coefficient of about 1.9 cm2/g or more, the medical device selected from a filter, a guidewire, a catheter, a needle, a biopsy needle, a staple, and a cannula. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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