Title	Shape Memory Implants [electronic resource] / edited by L. Yahia
Imprint	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2000
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59768-8
Descript	XXIII, 349 p. online resource

Shape memory alloy implants or "smart biomaterial" have already been used in humans for 20 years in selected countries. Restrictions in the use of biomaterials in living organisms being reduced throughout the world now the use of SMA implants continue to expand in the fields of vascular and orthopaedic surgery, minimally invasive surgery and drug delivery systems. This book is to provide a state of the art of SMA implants and devices. For the first time long-term clinical experiences and techniques of SMA biocompatibility are presented

Basic Properties -- Bioperformance of Shape-Memory Alloys -- Processing and Quality Control of Binary NiTi Shape-Memory Alloys -- Corrosion Resistance and Biocompatibility of Passivated NiTi -- The High Damping Capacity of Shape-Memory Alloys -- Physical and Biochemical Principles of the Application of TiNi-Based Alloys as Shape-Memory Implants -- Porous NiTi as a Material for Bone Engineering -- Ti-Ni-Mo Shape-Memory Alloys for Medical Applications -- Orthopaedic Applications -- Ti-Ni-Mo Shape-Memory Alloys for Medical Applications -- The Surgical Correction of Scoliosis with Shape-Memory Metal -- Shape-Memory Implants in Spinal Surgery: Long-Term Results (Experimental and Clinical Studies) -- The Use of a Memory-Shape Staple in Cervical Anterior Fusion (about 100 Human Implantations) -- The Double Compressive Nickel-Titanium Shape-Memory Staple in Foot Surgery -- Orthodontic Applications -- Corrosion Behavior of Ni-Ti Alloys in a Physiological Saline Solution -- NiTi Alloys in Orthodontics -- Clinical Application of Shape-Memory Alloys in Orthodontics -- Orthodontic application of NiTi Shape-Memory Alloy in China -- Progressive Damage Assessment of TiNi Endodontic Files -- Endovascular Applications -- Effects of Surface Modification Induced by Sterilization Processes on theThrombogenicity of Nickel-Titanium Stents -- X-Ray Endostenting Surgery of Vessels and Hollow Organs -- Device for Extravasal Correction of the Function of Vein Valves Based on Nitinol Shape Memory and Its Clinical Application -- Large-Caliber NiTi SMA Stents and Stent Grafts -- Shape-Memory Alloy for Interventional Stenting in View of Its Development in China -- Other Medical Applications -- An Implantable Drug Delivery System Based on Shape-Memory Alloys