Preface -- CONTENTS -- Medical Device Failures - Can We Learn from Our Mistakes? -- Bending Fatigue Characteristics of Nitinol -- High Strain Accelerated Fatigue Failure Testing of NiTi Implantable Devices -- Cyclic Properties of Superelastic Nitinol Tubing -- Thermal Processing of Polycrystalline NiTi Shape Memory Alloys -- Failure Analysis of NiTi Wires Used in Medical Applications -- Corrosion of Laser Marks on Instruments -- Effects of Oxygen Contamination in the Argon Shielding Gas in Laser Welding of Commercially Pure Titanium Thin Sheet -- Laser Drilling for Medical Device Manufacturing -- Pulsed Laser Deposition of Diamondlike Carbon-Hydroxyapatite Composites -- Metallographic Preparation of Orthopedic Medical Devices -- Structural properties of PVD coatings on implants and their influence on stimulation performance in pacing applications -- Characterization and Comparison of Coated Bone Drill Bits -- The Challenge of Plasma Processing - Its Diversity -- Mechanical Properties of Calcium Phosphate Invert Glass-Ceramic Coated Ti-29Nb-13Ta-4.6Zr for Biomedical Applications -- Modifying the Mechanical Properties of Porous Equiatomic Nickel-Titanium to Better Mimic Bone -- Device Specific NiTi TTT Diagram: Lessons Learned -- Development and Testing of Manufacturable Thin Film TiNi for Medical Devices -- Clausius-Clapeyron Equations in Different Types of Nickel Titanium Shape Memory Alloy -- An Investigation of the Effect of Drawing Temperature on Nitinol Processing -- Improved fracture healing with use of Shape Memory Alloys -- Phase Transformations in Nitinol and Challenges for Numerical Modeling -- Optimization of a Combined Nitinol/Polymer Device Using FEA -- A Numerical and Experimental Investigation into the Forces Generated when Cutting Biomaterials -- Process Simulation Applications in the Medical Industry.

Functionally Gradient Diamondlike Carbon Nanocomposites for Medical Applications -- Material Design for Neural Applications Using Carbon Nanofibers -- Healthy Aims - Development of Implantable Microsystems Medical Devices MPMD 2004, St. Paul, Minnesota -- Fluid Composition Influences Wear Testing of Artificial Knee Implants -- The Development of Wear Resistant Titanium-Ceramic Composites for Orthopaedic Implant Devices -- Characterization of Biomedical Wire for Optimum Performance in Suture Needle Manufacture and Use -- The Effect of Bundle Type on Cerclage Cable Fatigue life -- Effects of Surface Modification of Ti on Cement Bond Strengths -- Development of Beta Titanium Alloys with Low Young's Modulus -- Sandvik Bioline 1RK91 - An Advanced Material for Medical Device Manufacture -- Optimization of Melt Chemistry and Properties of Drawn Filled Tube (DFT®) composite materials of 35Cobalt-35Nickel-20Chromium-10Molybdenum alloy ( UNS R30035) Medical Grade Wire with Silver core -- Powder Injection Molding of Titanium Components -- Desirable Biocompatible And Physical Characteristics Of Selected Stainless Steel Alloys And Specialty Wire Materials For Use In The Design And Manufacture Of Implants And Medical Devices -- Precision of Fit of the Procera® One-Piece Machined Titanium Implant Framework -- In-situ Formation of Ti Alloys via Powder Injection Molding -- A Study on Low Modulus Titanium Alloys for Biomedical Applications -- Quantitative Assessment of Radiofrequency Attenuation Associated With NiTi Stents in Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Tantalum Coated Carbon-Carbon Composite Material for Surgical Implants -- Radiopaque Marking of Devices for X-Ray Imaging -- 3D Imaging and Visualization of Engineering Materials via Medical and Industrial X-Ray Computed Tomography.

Three-Dimensional Atomic Structure and Compositional Analysis of Medical Devices with the Local Electrode Atom Probe -- A Femoral Canal Sizing Device for Hip Implants -- Managing Post-Production Change -- Comparing and Optimizing Co-Cr Tubing for Stent Applications -- Corrosion of the Nitinol Wire of Endovascular Prostheses: Does Nickel Ion Release Impair the Devices Performance? -- Analysis of Nitinol Stent-Grafts After Long Term In-Vivo Exposure -- A Biomimetic Stent Coating to Reduce Thrombosis and Inflammation -- Development of Iridium Oxide as a cardiovascular stent coating -- Determination of Constricting Forces Required for an Adjustable Systemic to Pulmonary Artery Shunt -- U.S. FDA Perspective on the Regulations of Cyanoacrylate Polymer Tissue Adhesives in Clinical Applications -- Processing of Biocompatible Materials via Metal and Ceramic Injection Molding -- Advanced Electrochemical Finishing Techniques for Medical Device Applications -- CAD-CAM Technology for Medical Components -- Mechanical Characterization of a Novel Biodegradable Composite for use in Osteosynthesis Applications -- Techniques for Investigation of Surgical Cutting Instruments -- A Durable and Lubricious Polymer Composite Coating for Medical Devices -- A Model of the Failure Process of Skin During Cutting -- Interpretation of Corrosion Test Results and Prediction of Clinical Performance of Medical Devices -- Passivation Stability of Titanium -- Effect of Grain Size on the Electrochemical Properties of Oxide Films on Titanium and its Alloys For Orthopedic and Spinal Applications -- Effect of radical transfer reaction by free oxygen on the corrosion of Ti-Nb implant alloys -- Effect of temperature and pH on the corrosion resistance of Nitinol -- Galvanic Corrosion of Cobalt-Base And Titanium-Base Implant Material Couples.

Acidic Fretting Tests of Oxidized Zr-2.5Nb, CoCr and SS Femoral Heads -- Electrolytic HA/Zr02 Double Layers Coating on Co-Cr-Mo Alloy for Orthopaedic Applications.