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Towards a Better Corrosion Resistance and Biocompatibility Improvement of Nitinol Medical Devices

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Haemocompatibility of Nitinol implantable devices and their corrosion resistance as well as resistance to fracture are very important features of advanced medical implants. The authors of the paper present some novel methods capable to improve Nitinol implantable devices to some marked degree beyond currently used electropolishing (EP) processes. Instead, a magnetoelectropolishing process should be advised. The polarization study shows that magnetoelectropolished Nitinol surface is more corrosion resistant than that obtained after a standard EP and has a unique ability to repassivate the surface. Currently used sterilization processes of Nitinol implantable devices can dramatically change physicochemical properties of medical device and by this influence its biocompatibility. The Authors’ experimental results clearly show the way to improve biocompatibility of NiTi alloy surface. The final sodium hypochlorite treatment should replace currently used Nitinol implantable devices sterilization methods which rationale was also given in our previous study.

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  1. Electrobright, Macungie, PA, USA

    Ryszard Rokicki

  2. Surface Electrochemistry Division, Koszalin University of Technology, Koszalin, Poland

    Tadeusz Hryniewicz & Krzysztof Rokosz

  3. Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

    Chandan Pulletikurthi & Norman Munroe

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Rokicki, R., Hryniewicz, T., Pulletikurthi, C. et al. Towards a Better Corrosion Resistance and Biocompatibility Improvement of Nitinol Medical Devices. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 24, 1634–1640 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-015-1429-x

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