Title | Shape Memory Implants [electronic resource] / edited by L. Yahia |
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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 |
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