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AssigneeAmetek, Inc.
InventorsRyan Smith, Mark Robinson, Muktesh Paliwal, David Englehart, Kerry B. Daley
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A sheet of titanium alloy that is less than 0.015″ thick has adequate plasticity for subsequent forming into at least a part of a medical device that is MR-Conditional. A method for making the titanium alloy sheet includes cold rolling a titanium alloy to form a sheet having an average thickness less than or equal to 0.015″, cutting the sheet to length, and vacuum annealing the sheet in a final step, wherein the sheet following vacuum annealing has adequate plasticity for subsequent forming into at least a part of a medical device that is MR-Conditional. Neither grinding nor chemical etching is used to reduce the thickness of the titanium alloy when processing the sheet.
A metal sheet comprising a titanium alloy, the sheet having an average thickness less than or equal to 0.015″ and sufficient plasticity for stamping, drawing, or deep drawing the sheet into at least a part of a medical device or implant that is MR-Conditional.
A method of making light gauge metal sheet comprising;
A method of making light gauge metal sheet consisting essentially of:
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