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Superelastic NiTi springs for corrective skull operations in children with craniosynostosis

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This paper concerns the formation and characterization of superelastic springs and rings of NiTi alloys for long-term skull correction. Superelastic properties of the rings were induced in the process of ageing of the already formed rings which cause hardening of parent phase by the precipitation of coherent Ni4Ti3 particles. The efficacy of the worked out springs and rings were successfully proved in several clinical applications.

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The authors are very grateful to the Polish State Committee for Scientific Research for financial support into the frame of the project: PBZ-KBN-082-T08/2002

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  1. Institute of Materials Science, University of Silesia, Bankowa 12, Katowice, 40-007, Poland

    H. Z. Morawiec & Z. H. Lekston

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Specialistic Medical Center, Jana Pawła II/2, Polanica Zdrój, 57-320, Poland

    K. F. Kobus & M. C. Węgrzyn

  3. Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery, Silesian Academy of Medicine, Francuska 20/24, Katowice, 40-027, Poland

    J. T. Drugacz

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Morawiec, H.Z., Lekston, Z.H., Kobus, K.F. et al. Superelastic NiTi springs for corrective skull operations in children with craniosynostosis. J Mater Sci: Mater Med 18, 1791–1798 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10856-007-3029-2

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