Invention Publication
- Patent Title: SUPERELASTIC ALLOYS
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Application No.: US18252795Application Date: 2021-11-12
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Publication No.: US20240002982A1Publication Date: 2024-01-04
- Inventor: Ali RAMEZANNEJAD , Ma QIAN , Wei XU
- Applicant: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- Applicant Address: AU Melbourne, Victoria
- Assignee: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: AU Melbourne, Victoria
- Priority: AU 20904162 2020.11.13
- International Application: PCT/AU2021/051346 2021.11.12
- Date entered country: 2023-05-12
- Main IPC: C22C14/00
- IPC: C22C14/00 ; C22C1/02 ; C22F1/00 ; C22F1/18 ; A61C7/20 ; A61L31/02 ; A61L31/14

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a superelastic alloy comprising tin, in an amount of between 1 at. % and 8 at. %, niobium, in an amount of between 1 at. % and 10 at. % and iron, in an amount of between 0.5 at. % and 3 at. %. The alloy may also optionally comprise oxygen, in an amount of between 0 and 2 at. % and zirconium, in an amount of between 0 and 10 at. %. The balance of the alloy composition is titanium and unavoidable impurities.
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