Patents Assigned to Sportswire, LLC
  • Method of preparing nickel titanium alloy for use in manufacturing instruments with improved fatigue resistance
    Patent number: 7648599
    Abstract: A method of treating Nitinol to train the structure thereof to remain in the martensite state, including the steps of subjecting the Nitinol to a strain and while subjected to the strain, thermally cycling the Nitinol between a cold bath of about 0° C. to 10° C. and a hot bath of about 100° C. to 180° C. for a minimum of about five cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Sportswire, LLC
    Inventor: Carl J. Berendt