Test methods and standards

Tuesday, May 5, 2026: 1:15 PM-3:15 PM
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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