Actuation employs a cam and follower mechanism for controlled translation of the segments. The needle prototype, constructed from nitinol rods and stainless steel rings, measures 3 mm in outer ...

PulseSelect and PFA catheters from other device developers use gold or platinum-iridium electrodes. But Medtronic’s Affera Sphere-9 PFA system uses the entire expanding nitinol structure as a global ...

AFib-treating cardiac ablation, surgical robotics, nitinol and diabetes treatment tech lead among this year’s top medtech stories. Meanwhile, medical device companies have been seeking more tuck ...

The antenna was 3D printed from a nickel-titanium alloy, also known as Nitinol, one of the most popular shape memory alloys. This means that the alloy can recover its original shape after deformation ...