title: Metal shafts: designs to meet the required performance.
abstract: When designing shafts for minimally invasive devices such as catheters and guidewires, features that improve one area of performance may hinder performance in another area. This article describes how the traditional limits of metal shafts can be extended to enable their use in a variety of new applications.
authors.affiliation: Creganna Medical Devices, Galway, Ireland. liam.farrissey@creganna.com
authors.forename: Liam
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Farrissey
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000379:methods*; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D008422:Materials Testing; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D008670:Metals