Medical devices useful in interventional procedures performed under magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are described herein. A medical device comprises a body member and a marker formed of work-hardened stainless steel attached to the body member. The stainless steel of the marker has an ultimate tensile strength of between about 100 KSI and about 225 KSI. The marker can be attached to the body member in a manner that contributes work to the stainless steel or in a manner that does not contribute work to the stainless steel. Methods of making medical devices, medical imaging methods, and methods of performing interventional medical treatment are also described herein.

Medical devices useful in interventional procedures performed under magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are described herein. A medical device comprises a body member and a marker formed of work-hardened stainless steel attached to the body member. The stainless steel of the marker has an ultimate tensile strength of between about 100 KSI and about 225 KSI. The marker can be attached to the body member in a manner that contributes work to the stainless steel or in a manner that does not contribute work to the stainless steel. Methods of making medical devices, medical imaging methods, and methods of performing interventional medical treatment are also described herein.

A color coating layer is formed on the surface of a stainless steel plate by a chemical coloring method or an electrolytic coloring method. Thereafter, a colored stainless steel plate having the color coating layer is cold-rolled, the thickness of the color coating layer is adjusted to between 0.05 μm and 1.0 μm, and an entire plate thickness is adjusted to 0.5 mm or less. By the cold rolling a Vickers hardness Hv is between 250 and 550 to form a deformed band. As surface roughness, an arithmetic average roughness Ra is adjusted to between 0.05 μm and 5.0 μm. In this manner, the strength and rigidity of a thin colored stainless steel plate can be secured, and a color stainless steel plate and a colored stainless steel coil which do not easily cause galling and are excellent in press moldability can be obtained.

A color coating layer is formed on the surface of a stainless steel plate by a chemical coloring method or an electrolytic coloring method. Thereafter, a colored stainless steel plate having the color coating layer is cold-rolled, the thickness of the color coating layer is adjusted to between 0.05 μm and 1.0 μm, and an entire plate thickness is adjusted to 0.5 mm or less. By the cold rolling a Vickers hardness Hv is between 250 and 550 to form a deformed band. As surface roughness, an arithmetic average roughness Ra is adjusted to between 0.05 μm and 5.0 μm. In this manner, the strength and rigidity of a thin colored stainless steel plate can be secured, and a color stainless steel plate and a colored stainless steel coil which do not easily cause galling and are excellent in press moldability can be obtained.

A superaustenitic material is provided for use in chemical plant construction, maritime conditions, oilfield or gas field technology. The material resists corrosion, in particular corrosion in mediums with high chloride concentrations or in sulfuric acid conditions.

A superaustenitic material is provided for use in chemical plant construction, maritime conditions, oilfield or gas field technology. The material resists corrosion, in particular corrosion in mediums with high chloride concentrations or in sulfuric acid conditions.

The present disclosure relates to a composite material, in particular a composite material of metals, a process for producing a composite material, and a medical device, in particular an implant, based on the composite material. The composite material comprises at least 5 vol-% of Fe and at least 1 vol-% of Mg or Zn, wherein the composite material comprises a Mg or Zn phase and an Fe phase, wherein the average size of the Mg or Zn phase in at least one dimension is less than 20 μm, in particular less than 10 μm. The medical device, in particular an implant, may be suitable for fixing of bone fractures (as well as fractions of a tendon or a ligament, etc.) and/or corrections and may be capable of exhibiting a targeted failure representing a complete paradigm shift in the treatment of bone fractures and the like.

A process of producing an austenitic stainless steel tube comprises the steps of: a) producing an ingot or a continuous casted billet of the austenitic stainless steel, b) hot extruding the ingot or the billet obtained from step a) into a tube, c) cold rolling the tube obtained from step b) to a final dimension thereof.
The outer diameter D of the cold rolled tube is 70-250 mm and the thickness t thereof is 6-25 mm, and the cold rolling step is performed such that the following formula is satisfied:
(2.5×Rc+1.85×Rh−17.7×Q)=(Rp0.2target+49.3−1073×C−21Cr−7.17×Mo−833.3×N)±Z  (1)
wherein Rp0.2target is targeted yield strength and is 750≤R.sub.p0.2target≤1000 MPa, 30≤Rc≤75%, 50%≤Rh≤90%, 1≤Q≤3.6, and Z is 65.

A process of producing an austenitic stainless steel tube comprises the steps of: a) producing an ingot or a continuous casted billet of the austenitic stainless steel, b) hot extruding the ingot or the billet obtained from step a) into a tube, c) cold rolling the tube obtained from step b) to a final dimension thereof.
The outer diameter D of the cold rolled tube is 70-250 mm and the thickness t thereof is 6-25 mm, and the cold rolling step is performed such that the following formula is satisfied:
(2.5×Rc+1.85×Rh−17.7×Q)=(Rp0.2target+49.3−1073×C−21Cr−7.17×Mo−833.3×N)±Z  (1)
wherein Rp0.2target is targeted yield strength and is 750≤R.sub.p0.2target≤1000 MPa, 30≤Rc≤75%, 50%≤Rh≤90%, 1≤Q≤3.6, and Z is 65.

Provided is a dehydrogenation method capable of efficiently reducing hydrogen content in steel for thick or complexly-shaped steel materials and steel products in general. In a dehydrogenation method for a steel material, in a series of steel material production process including: a process of supplying a steel raw material; a process of subjecting the steel raw material to hot working; a process of inspecting a steel material obtained from the steel raw material; and a process of shipping the steel material, at least one of the steel raw material and the steel material at any stage from the supply process to the shipment process is subjected to, at least once, a sound wave irradiation treatment so that a sound pressure level at a surface of the at least one of the steel raw material and the steel material will be 30 dB or more.