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    • Picosecond laser fabrication of nitinol for coronary stent applications 

      Noorhafiza, Muhammad; Whitehead, David; Viejo, F.,; Abuaisha, R.,; Boor, Alan; Oppenlaendar, W.,; Liu, Zhi; Li, Lin (Laser Institute of America, 2010)
      Nitinol (a shape memory nickel-titanium alloy) is one of the desirable materials for medical stents applications, due to its high corrosion resistance, self-expansion and biocompatibility. The stents are commonly fabricated ...
    • Picosecond laser micromachining of nitinol and platinum-iridium alloy for coronary stent applications 

      Noorhafiza, Muhammad; Whitehead, David; Boor, Alan; Oppenlander, W.; Liu, Zhu; Li, Lin (Springer-Verlag, 2012-03)
      The demand for micromachining of coronary stents by means of industrial lasers rises quickly for treating coronary artery diseases, which cause more than one million deaths each year. The most widely used types of laser ...