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US 2013/0156629 A1Published application
Stainless steel alloys for making endoprostheses
AssigneeW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
InventorJeffrey S. Blanzy
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Abstract
Stainless steel alloys for fabricating endoprostheses. Endoprostheses can include a variety of devices such as staples, orthodontic wires, heart valves, filter devices, and stents, many of which devices are diametrically expandable devices.
Claims19
A stainless steel alloy comprising iron, 16.0-18.0 wt % chromium, 6.0-8.0 wt % nickel, 0.8-1.2 wt % tungsten, 0.6-0.9 wt % molybdenum, 0.2-0.3 wt % nitrogen, at most 2.0 wt % manganese, at most 0.75 wt % silicon, and at most 0.03 wt % carbon.
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