Primary and secondary processing III

Tuesday, May 5, 2026: 3:45 PM-4:30 PM
Scripps Ballroom (Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines)
Dr. Scott Robertson, Ph.D., Resonetics and Dr. Andreas Wick, Confluent Medical Technologies
3:45 PM
Unraveling Deformation Mechanisms during Shape Setting of Superelastic Nitinol
Dr. Faith Gantz, Confluent Medical Technologies; Dr. Andreas Wick, Confluent Medical Technologies; Dr. Tom Duerig, Starlight Cardiovascular; Dr. Behnam Aminahmadi, Confluent Medical Technologies
4:05 PM
Stress-Aging Nitinol: The Surreptitious Factors Influencing Shape-Setting
Dr. Cory R. Otto, Cretex Medical; Ms. Carmen Carrillo, Cretex Medical; Prof. Keivan Davami, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Alabama
4:25 PM
Effect of different shape-set parameters on functional properties of ePTFE coated Nitinol stents
Dr. Behnam Amin-Ahmadi, Confluent Medical Technologies, Inc.; Mr. Marco Lopez, Confluent Medical Technologies; Ms. Lauren ark, Confluent Medical Technologies, Inc.; Dr. Parisa Bayati, Confluent Medical Technologies, Inc.; Dr. Andreas Wick, Confluent Medical Technologies
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