Patent ID: 9061124
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A61C,A61L,A61M,C08L,C21D,C22C,C22F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A wire used for one of medical or orthodontia purposes, comprising an elongated, flexible metal wire core at least partially formed of a trinary alloy, the trinary alloy consisting of Nickel, Titanium, and Cobalt, the trinary alloy formed principally of the Nickel and the Titanium with lesser additive of Cobalt, whereby the trinary alloy has both an upper plateau (UP) and a lower plateau (LP) from a 3-point bend test that are respectively greater than a UP and a LP from same 3-point bend test of binary Nitinol alloy with substantially similar diameter as the wire core, wherein extent by which the upper plateau (UP) and the lower plateau (LP) of the trinary alloy is greater than the upper plateau (UP) and the lower plateau (LP) of the binary Nitinol alloy is variable based on variance of weight components of the Nickel, the Titanium, and the Cobalt of the trinary alloy, wherein weight percentages of the Nickel and the Titanium are greater than 40% and the weight percentage of the Cobalt is less than or equal to 2%.