Test methods and standards

Tuesday, May 5, 2026: 1:15 PM-3:15 PM
Scripps Ballroom (Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines)
Mr. Dean Pick, P.Eng., Kinitics Automation Limited, Dr. Stacey Sullivan, Food and Drug Administration and Dr. Matthias Frotscher, CORTRONIK GmbH (Biotronik Vascular Intervention, now part of Teleflex)
1:15 PM
Wrought & Semi-Finished Nitinol Material ASTM Standards – What’s new with updated Specs?
Dr. Weimin Yin, Resonetics
1:35 PM
Comparative Inclusion Analysis in Nitinol Fine Wire
Mr. Dane Hyer-Peterson, W.L. Gore and Associates; Dr. Parikshith Kumar, W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
1:55 PM
Comparative Analysis of Phase Transformation Measurements in Nitinol: DSC vs. BFR from wire to complex medical device components
Dr. Dhiraj Catoor, Edwards Lifesciences; Dr. Nils-Agne Feth, ADMEDES GmbH; Mr. Steffen Peischl, Admedes GmbH; Mr. Luca Pflittner, Admedes GmbH
2:15 PM
Practical Considerations for Testing Nitinol Medical Device Components to ASTM F2082
Mr. Kevin Becker, Cretex Medical; Ms. Carmen Carrillo, Cretex Medical; Dr. Cory R. Otto, Cretex Medical
2:35 PM
Material
Mr. Dean Pick, P.Eng., Kinitics Automation Limited
2:55 PM
Development of an Integrated Joule Heating based Tensile Testing System forThermo-Mechanical Characterization of Shape Memory Alloy Springs
Mr. Huzef UR Rahman, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus; Mr. Akash Dwivedi, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus; Mr. Samarth Tomar, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus; Prof. Pardha Saradhi GV, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus; Prof. Abhishek Sarkar, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus; Prof. Amit Kumar Gupta, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
3:15 PM
Characterization of elastic and transformation behavior of NiTiNOL tube under radial loading.
Dr. Jinesh Dahal, Medtronic; Dr. Shivram Kashyap Sridhar, Medtronic plc; Mitchell Mell, Medtronic; Mr. Stuart Kari, Medtronic
3:35 PM
Thermomechanical Behavior of NiTiHf Shape Memory Alloys Using Small Punch Testing
Alejandro Padilla Gonzalez, MSc, University of North Texas; Dr. Marcus L. Young, University of North Texas; Mr. Andre Montagnoli, University of North Texas; Dr. Martin Abendroth, Ph. D, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg; Dr. Bjoern Kiefer, Technical University Dortmund
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