TITANIUM ALLOY CONTACT RING ELEMENT HAVING LOW MODULUS AND LARGE ELASTIC ELONGATION

A method of forming a contact ring element comprising: annealing an elongated rod of Ti-15Mo alloy material to form an annealed rod, wherein the annealed Ti-15Mo material has less than 3 weight percent alpha-phase titanium and a mean average grain size value of less than 30 micrometers; and forming...

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Hauptverfasser: LI, Bernard Q, SHI, Alan, BUSH, Margaret, SORENSEN, Daniel D, JANZIG, Darren C
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A method of forming a contact ring element comprising: annealing an elongated rod of Ti-15Mo alloy material to form an annealed rod, wherein the annealed Ti-15Mo material has less than 3 weight percent alpha-phase titanium and a mean average grain size value of less than 30 micrometers; and forming a contact ring element (300) from the annealed rod configured for electrically coupling a medical lead. Furthermore, a contact ring element is disclosed.