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Development and Micro Manufacturing of Coronary Stents in Hungary [PDF]
, 2006 Revascularisation by endovascular implant (stent) has great importance in the treatment of coronary artery diseases. Stents are high-technology implants that are the creation of the knowledge of health sciences, physics, chemistry, material science and
Dobránszky, János +3 more
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Ocular Biocompatibility of Nitinol Intraocular Clips [PDF]
Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 2012 To evaluate the tolerance and biocompatibility of a preformed nitinol intraocular clip in an animal model after anterior segment surgery.Yucatan mini-pigs were used. A 30-gauge prototype injector was used to attach a shape memory nitinol clip to the iris of five pigs.
Jeffrey L, Olson +2 more
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A shape memory alloy adaptive tuned vibration absorber: design and implementation
, 2005 In this paper a tuned vibration absorber (TVA) is realized using shape memory alloy (SMA) elements. The elastic modulus of SMA changes with temperature and this effect is exploited to develop a continuously tunable device.A TVA with beam elements is ...
Brennan, M.J., Mace, B.R., Rustighi, E.
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Fretting corrosion behavior of nitinol spinal rods in conjunction with titanium pedicle screws [PDF]
, 2017 Untypical corrosion damage including erosions combined with the build-up of titanium oxide as a corrosion product on the surface of explanted Nitinol spinal rods in the areas where it was in contact with titanium pedicle screw head is reported.
Blunn, Gordon W +5 more
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Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2018 For the treatment of deafness or severe hearing loss cochlear implants (CI) are used to stimulate the auditory nerve of the inner ear. In order to produce an electrode array which is both atraumatic and reaches a perimodiolar final position a design ...
Rau Thomas S. +5 more
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Artificial muscle: facts and fiction
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2011 Mechanical devices are sought to support insufficient or paralysed striated muscles including the failing heart. Nickel-titanium alloys (nitinol) present the following two properties: (i) super-elasticity, and (ii) the potential to assume different
MC Schaub
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Characterization Techniques of a Shape Memory Nickel Titanium Alloy
Proceedings, 2020 This paper presents a characterization processes study of metallic alloys, more specifically the shape memory alloys (SMA) composed by Nickel and Titanium (NiTinol).
Carlos Andrade +4 more
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Processing of Porous NITI Preforms for NITI/MG Composites [PDF]
Archives of Metallurgy and Materials, 2019 NiTi alloys are successfully used in engineering and medical applications because of their properties, such as shape memory effect, superelasticity or mechanical strength.
A. Kucharczyk, K. Naplocha, M. Tomanik
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Cyclical bi-directional rotary actuator [PDF]
, 1977 A thermally powered rotary actuator is disclosed which is used for positioning a shaft in first and second positions which are disposed 180 deg apart. A pair of heat extensible springs are attached to the shaft and to the frame of the rotary actuator for
Stange, W. C.
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Which spring is the best? Comparison of methods for virtual stenting. [PDF]
, 2014 This paper presents a methodology for modeling the deployment of implantable devices used in minimally invasive vascular interventions. Motivated by the clinical need to perform preinterventional rehearsals of a stent deployment, we have developed ...
Spranger, K, Ventikos, Y
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