Applications

Our wire is being used in a wide range of medical applications: from orthopaedic devices and catheters to stents and snares for gallbladder stones – and in many other applications where tight tolerances are essential.

One of the most common uses for medical precision wire is guidewire, including coiling wire, core wire, safety wire and ribbon wire. The most common materials for these applications are 304V or 304LV, MP35N^® and Nitinol. Our wire is also being used in stents – typical alloys for this application are 304V, 316LVM, Conichrome^®, Elgiloy^®, Tantalum, Nitinol and DFT^®.

Our wire also plays an important role in pacemakers and defibrillators. In fact, Fort Wayne Metals has developed an alloy specifically for this purpose: 35N LT^® offers up to 800% greater fatigue resistance. Other materials used include MP35N and DFT^® with a core of tantalum, niobium or titanium. And by combining these materials in strands or cables, fatigue strength can be further increased.

Other applications for our wire include:

• Orthopaedic (316LVM, CCM, L605 and others)
• Orthodontic (304V, 304LV, Elgiloy^®, Conichrome^®, Titanium and Nitinol),
• Fixation (420, 455, 304V)
• Catheter reinforcement
• Occlusion
• Embolic Protection

For more information on which material will work best in your application, please contact us.