| The structure is conveniently configured as a vascular stent with a base material of stainless steel, nitinol or another suitable material. |
| Another Choice is nitinol, which offers shape-memory characteristics that are becoming popular among medical designers. |
| This cross section of an LCX wire from Scilogy Corp. shows the benefits of plating nitinol and stainless-steel wires. |
| But a more elastic material, such as nitinol, can be used to produce an endoscope that offers a high degree of flexibility and kink resistance. |
| It consists of a self-expandable nitinol cage covered with a nonthrombogenic expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membrane. |
| For example, a special alloy of stainless steel and nitinol, also called memory metal, provides for a high manoeuvrability of the stylet. |
