Shape memory alloys: Metallurgy, biocompatibility, and biomechanics for neurosurgical applications

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2009, Pages

  Hoh, Daniel J ^a   Hoh, Brian L ^b   Amar, Arun P ^c   Wang, Michael Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endovascular; Implants; Materials science; Metallurgy; Minimally invasive; Nitinol; Shape memory alloys; Smart materials; Spinal instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; NITINOL; BIOMATERIAL; COPPER; IRON;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; CONFORMATION; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; FATIGUE; IMPLANT; MATERIALS; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; METALLURGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; THERMAL STIMULATION; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORROSION; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GUIDE WIRE; IN VIVO STUDY; MATERIAL STATE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOENGINEERING; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; STAPLER; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY;

ALLOYS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; METALLURGY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 67651151477     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000330392.09889.99     Document Type: Article

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