A thin film device, such as an intravascular stent, is disclosed. The device is formed of a seamless expanse of thin-film (i) formed of a sputtered nitinol shape memory alloy, defining, in an austenitic state, an open, interior volume, having a thickness between 0.5-50 microns, having an austenite finish...http://www.google.com/patents/US6533905?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6533905 - Method for sputtering tini shape-memory alloys
