Item with at least one thermoprogrammable switching section for applications in contact with materials having high heat transfer coefficients

US8652621B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung GmbH

Inventors

• Thomas Weigel · Wilhelmshorst, DE
• Andreas Lendlein · Berlin, DE
• Karola Lützow · Berlin, DE
• Frank Klein · Berlin, DE
• Samy A. Madbouly · Katy, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 30, 2009
• Grant date: Feb 18, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 18, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/249953
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention provides an article with at least one switching segment. The switching segment comprises a shape-memory compound and an isolating region surrounding the shape memory compound. The present invention also provides a method of producing such an article.