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Nitinol Shape Setting

Learn about the nitinol shape setting & training process

When shape setting nitinol, precise temperature control is essential, as heating the material to around 500-550°C enables it to achieve and retain its desired shape, ensuring optimal performance in various applications. This meticulous process guarantees the highest quality and reliability in nitinol-based products.

Nitinol shape setting allows medical device manufacturers to bring highly complex components to life for applications such as heart valve frames, stents, and delivery systems.

Our engineers understand the material properties of nitinol and work with our in-house precision tooling center to make fixtures to produce even the most complex nitinol shapes. We also develop and manufacture our own automated electropolishing equipment that allows us to maintain tight control of the processing parameters and have a stable and repeatable process.

Nitinol Shape Setting Applications

Nitinol shape setting is a heat setting process for creating complex components for applications such as:

  • Heart valve frames
  • Neurovascular flow retrieval stents
  • Carotid stents
  • Peripheral stents
  • Biliary stents
  • Delivery system components

Standard Nitinol Shape Setting Specifications

min | max

  • Feature Sizes 0.012 mm | 10 mm
  • Material Thickness 0.012 mm | 0.5 mm
  • Material Diameter 0.125 mm | 10 mm
  • Material Length 0.5 mm | 3 m

If your application requires specifications outside of this range, please Contact us to discuss with the engineers in our Lightspeed Lab.

Markets We Serve for Nitinol Shape Setting

Innovators developing groundbreaking medical devices rely on our nitinol shape setting capabilities to create new technologies that advance treatment options and improve patient lives. Our nitinol shape setting is used in many different marketing applications, including:

  • Neurovascular
  • Ophthalmic
  • Structural heart
  • Electrophysiology
  • Peripheral vascular
  • Minimally invasive surgery
  • Robotic surgery
  • Neuromodulation
  • Sports medicine
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