Patents Assigned to Vactronix Scientific
  • Implantable expandable medical devices having regions of differential mechanical properties and methods of making same
    Patent number: 11045338
    Abstract: An implantable expandable medical device in which selected regions of the device are in a martensite phase and selected regions are in an austenite phase. The martensitic regions exhibit pseudoplastic behavior in vivo and may be deformed without recovery under in vivo body conditions. In contrast the austenitic regions exhibit superelastic behavior in vivo and will recover their pre-programmed configuration upon deformation or release of an applied strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Vactronix Scientific
    Inventors: Christopher T. Boyle, Christopher E. Banas, Denes Marton