MULTI-COMPONENT SHAPE MEMORY THREADS, FIBERS, TUBES, TAPES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210404093A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17344929

    申请日:2021-06-10

    Abstract: The invention relates to multi-component shape memory threads, fibers, tubes, or tapes, which includes at least two shape-memory polymeric (SMP-N) components. Each of the at least two SMP-N components is of at least 1% of the total weight, and N is a positive integer starting from 1, and the SMP-N components have a selectively engineered shape recovery temperature (Tr) between approximately 0° C. to 130° C. Also, when TrN and TrN+1 are higher than room temperature, the threads, fibers, tubes, or tapes are configured to assume a substantially helical configuration upon heating to above TrN and lower than TrN+1 by a stimulus when an elongation of the threads, fibers, tubes, or tapes is approximately 30% to approximately 300%, and having a coil diameter from 0.5 to 10 mm and a number of the turns per cm from 5 to 30.

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