METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING HEAT TO A SHAPE MEMORY ARTICLE

摘要

The invention pertains to a method and apparatus for heating an article (231, 413) formed of a shape memory alloy comprising the steps of providing a tool (201) having a energy probe (205), disposing a portion of a heat transfer medium (227) adjacent the energy probe, touching the heat transfer medium to a shape memory article, and activating the energy probe to heat the heat transfer medium, which heat transfer medium conductively transfers heat to the article.