A61F 2210/0019

Particular material properties of prostheses classified in groups [CPC: A61F2/00] - [CPC: A61F2/26] or [CPC: A61F2/82] or [CPC: A61F9/00] or [CPC: A61F11/00] or subgroups thereof using shape memory or superelastic materials, e.g. nitinol operated at only one temperature whilst inside or touching the human body, e.g. constrained in a non-operative shape during surgery, another temperature only occurring before the operation