Intermetallics

Confluent Medical Technologies Expanding, Adding Capacity for Nitinol Processing and Catheter Manufacturing

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Monday, May 24, 2021
Engineering, Medical devices, Health, Manufacturing, Other Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Physical sciences, Chemistry, Natural sciences, Intermetallics, Nickel titanium, Solid-state chemistry, United States Navy, Catheter, Stent

Confluent Medical Technologies (Confluent), today announced a significant expansion of their Costa Rica manufacturing by adding a new facility to accommodate the increase in customer demand for specialized medical devices utilizing Nitinol components and complex catheters.

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  • Confluent Medical Technologies (Confluent), today announced a significant expansion of their Costa Rica manufacturing by adding a new facility to accommodate the increase in customer demand for specialized medical devices utilizing Nitinol components and complex catheters.
  • The new site will greatly expand Confluents capacity to process Nitinol components, as well as produce complex catheters using a combination of clean rooms and white-space manufacturing.
  • Confluent has been experiencing consistent and strong growth in recent years, says Confluent President & CEO, Dean Schauer.
  • Confluent supports some of the fastest growing medical device markets such as interventional Neurovascular, Electrophysiology, Structural Heart and Peripheral Vascular.

MedShape Appoints Greg Berlet, MD as Chief Medical Officer

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Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Medical specialties, Physical sciences, Chemistry, Materials science, Smart materials, Intermetallics, Nickel titanium, Orthopedic surgery, Fixation, Niti

ATLANTA, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --MedShape, Inc., the orthopedic industry leader in promoting active, adaptive healing technologies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Greg Berlet, MD as Chief Medical Officer.

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  • ATLANTA, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --MedShape, Inc., the orthopedic industry leader in promoting active, adaptive healing technologies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Greg Berlet, MD as Chief Medical Officer.
  • "MedShape is changing the paradigm for how fusion is addressed in foot & ankle orthopedics with the company's products demonstrating clinical success across various challenging patient populations," said Dr. Berlet.
  • "I look forward to working with the MedShape team to deliver novel dynamic fusion solutions to more patients and to develop a better understanding on how dynamic fixation impacts the healing process."
  • The appointment of a Chief Medical Officer represents a pivotal milestone in the company's evolution as industry leaders in active, adaptive healing solutions using its proprietary nickel titanium (NiTiNOL) technology.

Putting a spin on Heusler alloys

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Monday, March 29, 2021
Electromagnetism, Spintronics, Physical sciences, Magnetic alloys, Emerging technologies, Heusler compound, Intermetallics, Heusler, Magnetism, Metal, Magnet, Ferromagnetism

A review on the latest research of the various types of Heusler alloys summarizes the field's main achievements up to 2020.

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  • A review on the latest research of the various types of Heusler alloys summarizes the field's main achievements up to 2020.
  • Spin 'batteries' use electron spins, instead of their charge, to power spintronic devices.
  • The interesting thing about these alloys is that individually, the metals are not magnetic, but when combined, they become magnetic.
  • Over the last few decades, scientists have been working on approaches to grow Heusler alloy films at room temperature on special substrates with crystal lattices that are similar to the alloy's.

Global Guidewires Market 2016-2018 & 2023

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Monday, August 13, 2018
Chemistry, Intermetallics, Materials science, Nickel titanium, Solid-state chemistry, United States Navy, Compound annual growth rate

The "Guidewires Market by Material Type, by Product, by Application, by End User, by Geography - Global Market Size, Share, Development, Growth and Demand Forecast, 2016 - 2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "Guidewires Market by Material Type, by Product, by Application, by End User, by Geography - Global Market Size, Share, Development, Growth and Demand Forecast, 2016 - 2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Nitinol material is predicted to lead the guidewires market, in terms of size and as well as growth.
  • The category held an estimated contribution of 47.2% in the global market in 2017 and is expected to progress at a CAGR of 5.9% during the forecast period.
  • On the basis of product, the guidewires market is categorized as surgical and diagnostic guidewires.