Shape Memory Alloys

01/01/2020 - "To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a system aiming to correct scoliosis called "electromagnetically controlled shape-memory alloy rods" (EC-SMAR) used in a rabbit model. "
01/01/2018 - "To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a superelastic shape-memory alloy (SNT) rod used in the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). "
01/01/2020 - "Contactless treatment for scoliosis by electromagnetically controlled shape-memory alloy rods: a preliminary study in rabbits."
04/01/2007 - "An in vitro immature bovine study of thoracic spine fixation using shape memory alloy for minimally invasive adolescent scoliosis treatment. "
01/01/2011 - "From May 2002 to September 2006, 38 scoliosis patients (ranging from 50° to 120°; 22 cases over 70°) who underwent shape memory alloy-assisted correction in our institute were reviewed. "

01/01/2015 - "The implantation of a Nickel-Titanium shape memory alloy ameliorates vertebral body compression fractures: a cadaveric study."
01/01/2015 - "To evaluate the effect of a Nickel-Titanium (Ni-Ti) shape memory alloy in the treatment of vertebral body compression fractures. "

05/01/2016 - "This study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a new nickel-titanium shape memory alloy compression anastomosis ring, NiTi CAR 27, in constructing an anastomosis for colorectal cancer resection compared with conventional staples. "

03/01/2012 - "The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of transcatheter closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect (pmVSD) and intracristal VSD (icVSD) using the Shanghai Shape Memory Alloy (SHSMA) pmVSD occluder. "

10/01/2013 - "A shape memory alloy device was an effective and safe way to rapidly correct symptomatic pincer nail deformity."
01/01/2015 - "A simple management of curved nail deformity by using a shape memory alloy device: report of four treated cases."
09/15/2004 - "To correct, without fusion, a progressive idiopathic-type scoliotic deformity in an immature goat model using a shape memory alloy staple. "
09/15/1993 - "We safely coupled shape memory alloy transformation to the spine and corrected an experimental spinal deformity in awake animals. "
06/01/2008 - "Research is currently being done on the use of smart intramedullary rods (ie, composed of nitinol shape-memory alloy) for correction of bone deformity and on the use of bone marrow transplantation to increase osteoblast density, thereby reducing fracture frequency."