Super-Elastic Alloy Braid Structure

摘要

This is a braided tubular structure made up of a plurality of interwoven fibrous members, preferably ribbons, a majority of which comprise one or more superelastic and (at least) ternary alloys of nickel, titanium and at least about 1.5% (wt) of one or more alloying members elected from the group consisting of vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron and cobalt.