Shape Memory Implants

Shape Memory Implants
Author: L. Yahia
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 539
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3642597688

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.

Beam-Solid Interactions for Materials Synthesis and Characterization: Volume 354

Beam-Solid Interactions for Materials Synthesis and Characterization: Volume 354
Author: Dale C. Jacobson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 776
Release: 1995-11-20
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Proceedings of the title symposium, held at the 1994 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, 28 November-2 December 1994. Selected papers that were presented in both oral and poster sessions are divided into six topical groups: ion beam processing; defects and diffusion; ion-beam modification of polymers; analysis and characterization; sputtering; and laser-assisted and induced processes. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Mems/Nems

Mems/Nems
Author: Cornelius T. Leondes
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 2142
Release: 2007-10-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0387257861

This significant and uniquely comprehensive five-volume reference is a valuable source for research workers, practitioners, computer scientists, students, and technologists. It covers all of the major topics within the subject and offers a comprehensive treatment of MEMS design, fabrication techniques, and manufacturing methods. It also includes current medical applications of MEMS technology and provides applications of MEMS to opto-electronic devices. It is clearly written, self-contained, and accessible, with helpful standard features including an introduction, summary, extensive figures and design examples with comprehensive reference lists.