摘要:
A medical device, such as a medical guidewire, having a portion including an inner zone of material and an outer peripheral zone of material surrounding the inner zone of material. The inner zone of material has a first coefficient of thermal expansion and the outer peripheral zone of material has a second coefficient of thermal expansion less than the first coefficient of thermal expansion, wherein at an operating temperature the outer peripheral zone of material opposes expansion of the inner zone of material such that the outer peripheral zone of material exerts a compressive stress on the inner zone of material.
摘要:
Medical devices and methods for making and using the same. An example medical device includes a slotted tubular member and a coating disposed over the tubular member. The coating may define one or more coating gaps therein.
摘要:
A medical device with a corrugated shaping ribbon is provided. The corrugated shaping ribbon allows for the medical device, which may be provided in the form of a guide wire or catheter, specifically a crossing guide wire or catheter, to more easily navigate through the sometimes tortuous pathways of body lumens. In addition, the corrugations effectively provide a mechanism by which energy can be stored as the distal tip of the medical device engages a lesion or other area of occlusion within a blood vessel. By storing such energy and continuing to apply force, eventually the distal tip extends thereby releasing the stored energy and allowing the distal tip to advance or cross through the lesion.
摘要:
A composite oxygen ion transport element that has a layered structure formed by a dense layer to transport oxygen ions and electrons and a porous support layer to provide mechanical support. The dense layer can be formed of a mixture of a mixed conductor, an ionic conductor, and a metal. The porous support layer can be fabricated from an oxide dispersion strengthened metal, a metal-reinforced intermetallic alloy, a boron-doped Mo5Si3-based intermetallic alloy or combinations thereof. The support layer can be provided with a network of non-interconnected pores and each of said pores communicates between opposite surfaces of said support layer. Such a support layer can be advantageously employed to reduce diffusion resistance in any type of element, including those using a different material makeup than that outlined above.
摘要翻译:一种复合氧离子传输元件,其具有通过致密层形成以输送氧离子和电子的层状结构和多孔支撑层以提供机械支撑。 致密层可以由混合导体,离子导体和金属的混合物形成。 多孔支撑层可以由氧化物分散强化金属,金属增强金属间合金,掺杂硼的Mo 5 Si 3 N 3基金属间合金或其组合制成 。 支撑层可以设置有非互连孔的网络,并且每个所述孔在所述支撑层的相对表面之间连通。 可以有利地使用这种支撑层来降低任何类型元件中的扩散阻力,包括使用与上述不同的材料组成的元件。
摘要:
A wall construction for an electrolytic cell to separate oxygen from an oxygen containing gas in which an electrolyte layer of less than 200 microns and a cathode layer of less than 500 microns are supported by an anode that can have a sufficient thickness to also contain the separated oxygen at pressure. The cathode is formed from the same material as the electrolyte and also a noble metal or noble metal alloy and a mixed conductor. The cathode contains a sufficient amount of the noble metal or noble metal allow and the mixed conductor that the total resistance thereof is not greater than about 70 percent of the total resistance of the anode and the cathode. In a preferred embodiment, first and second porous interfacial layers are situated between an anode layer and the electrolyte and the electrolyte and a cathode layer, respectively. The first and second porous interfacial layers increase thermal compatibility between the anode and cathode and the electrolyte, improve the three-phase boundary and allow thinner electrolytes to be employed with fewer manufacturing defects.
摘要:
Oxygen and hydrogen transport membranes fabricated by plasma spray deposition of a micro-crack-free coating on a substrate. Also disclosed is a multi-layer composite comprising a dense or porous substrate coated with a coating provided by supersonic plasma spray deposition. Also disclosed is subsonic plasma spray deposition of single phase or dual phase nanocrystalline particles to form a crack-free oxygen transport membrane on a substrate.