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Wednesday, August 25, 2004
POST 1.14

Improved Fracture Healing with use of Shape Memory Alloys

J. Tyber, J. Toelle, D. Steinke, E. Hardy, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; K. Gall, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

The advantages and disadvantages of Nickel Titanium as an active implant material in several trauma devices. Both the psuedo elastic and shape memory phase responses are considered for possible devises.