Nitinol | SMA (shape memory alloy) for medical devices
Advantages:
- high biological compatibility, corrosion resistance and shape memory
- super elastic but no broken
- slow expansion below body temperature
- creates gentle radial force
- decrease in foreign body sensation after placement
- atraumatic stent ending
More and more Medical devices are made of nitinol (SMA) shape memory alloys, items list:
- nitinol artificial heart valves, nitinol stent (for drainage / treatment of strictures in the Bile Duct) ;
- nitinol spine orthodontic fixators,nitinol bone plates, nitinol artificial joints, nitinol skull repair, nitinol plastic surgery, nitinol jaw repair;
- nitinol dental orthopedics, nitinol arch wire, nitinol tooth brackets;
- nitinol guide wire (equipped with a flexible to highly flexible plastic tip (straight or curved) and a colored plastic coating) ;
- nitinol memory stone extraction basket
Any innovative ideas can be transformed into useful medical solutions.