Patents by Inventor Anja Serneels

Anja Serneels has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Medical instruments and devices and parts thereof using shape memory alloys
    Patent number: 6375458
    Abstract: Fabrication of metal medical instruments and devices from a shape memory alloy which provides greater flexibility in design and avoids the need for substantial cold working of the alloy which is required in other methods. The new process provides a ductile alloy for ease of forming and a unique heat treatment which renders the fabricated orthodontic and medical components highly elastic, with a high resistance to kinking and with good corrosion resistance. In addition, this new process produces orthodontic and medical components useful over the temperature range of from −20 to +40 degrees C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Memry Corporation
    Inventors: Wilfried Van Moorleghem, Anja Serneels, L. McDonald Schetky