Mark J. Garcia, M.D., conducted the procedure at EndoVascular Consultants in Wilmington, Delaware. He used the Embolization coil to treat the patient's painful pelvic varices and chronic pelvic pain ...
Researcher Ken Gall uses this thermomechanical test frame to determine the maximum possible shape change of his team's shape-memory polymer. Shape-memory alloys and polymers are the contortionists of ...
Energy is stored in the crystalline structure of the polymer as it's stretched, allowing it to snap back when heated. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share ...
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shape Memory Medical Inc., developer of custom shape memory polymers for endovascular markets, announced the publication of a prospective observational study looking ...
Imagine a rubber band that turns into a steel cable on command. Now imagine it’s inside a robot. That’s the basic trick of a ...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shape Memory Medical Inc. announced today that it has entered into a sublicense agreement with a strategic global medical device company. Under the agreement, ...
In a recent review published in Micromachines, researchers from Spain and Portugal highlighted the synergistic combination of shape-memory polymers (SMP) with carbon nanotubes (CNT) to enhance ...
In contrast, the composite-treated hair bundle recovered around 10% of its shape and maintained it. To the best of the researchers’ knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate the application of ...
It's the season premiere of SciTech Now! Scientists at Syracuse University are developing a new band aid, one that adapts to your injury as you heal. Diving deep to help coral reproduce. Then, make a ...