Shape-memory materials and their clinical applications

Shape-memory characteristics shed light on materials science and open horizons for accessing to unconventional functions in material categories subsuming metals, polymers, and ceramics. Biomedical fields manifest great interest in adopting shape-memory materials for unconventional properties, specif...

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Published inInternational journal of polymeric materials Vol. 71; no. 5; pp. 315 - 335
Main Authors Sarvari, Raana, Keyhanvar, Peyman, Agbolaghi, Samira, Gholami Farashah, Mohammad Sadegh, Sadrhaghighi, Amirhouman, Nouri, Mohammad, Roshangar, Laila
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Taylor & Francis 24.03.2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
alloys
Biocompatibility
Biomedical materials
clinical applications
drug delivery
Hydrogels
Materials science
Mechanical properties
Occlusion
Orthopedics
Polymers
Shape memory alloys
Shape-memory polymers
Staples
Tissue engineering
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Summary:Shape-memory characteristics shed light on materials science and open horizons for accessing to unconventional functions in material categories subsuming metals, polymers, and ceramics. Biomedical fields manifest great interest in adopting shape-memory materials for unconventional properties, specifications, and well-defined mechanical properties. In spite of the mentioned advantages, their biocompatibility for long-term and permanent applications has not yet been comprehensively distinguished. This article summarizes the most common clinical applications of shape memory alloys and polymers, e.g., tissue engineering, drug delivery, hydrogels, orthodontic wires/distracters, artificial discs, orthopedic staples, atrial septal occlusion devices, neurosurgical stents, etc., and also addresses their critical biocompatibility issues.
ISSN:0091-4037
1563-535X
DOI:10.1080/00914037.2020.1833010