The research described in this paper is a technical literature search with additional comments and insight from a wire drawing industry perspective. This paper has two goals. The first goal is to locate relevant citations in the literature for the alloys 304V, 316LVM, Nitronic 50, Nitronic 60, 25-6 Mo, 27-7 Mo and MP35N. This search utilized key words that related to desirable biocompatible and physical characteristics of these alloys. The second goal is to offer future investigators easy access to this information in a concise format that would facilitate their research, product development and subsequent selection of these alloys for medical wire device applications. Our research included several prominent technical metallurgy reference holdings. We focused specific attention to the extensive database of literature sources offered by our ASM membership. The results of our work confirmed the premise that these alloys have been extensively studied for biomedical applications by previous investigators. Our research uncovered considerable knowledge on the topic in the literature. In some cases, the selected alloy is used as the standard of comparison to validate new materials and technologies. We are able to conclude that these alloys have a very successful and documented use in medical devices. So that in the future, design and manufacturing professionals can continue to confidently choose these stainless steel wire alloys for their medical device applications.