News tagged with titanium alloy
Titanium foams replace injured bones
Flexible yet rigid like a human bone, and immediately capable of bearing loads: a new kind of implant, made of titanium foam, resembles the inside of a bone in terms of its structural configuration. Not only ...
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Placement of removable metal biliary stent in post-OLT anastomotic stricture
Benign biliary strictures after liver transplantation are usually treated by repeated endoscopic interventions or surgery. A group of researchers in Australia reported the outcome of two patients with refractory anastomotic ...
Aug 02, 2010 |
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Nanotubes that Heal: Engineering Better Orthopedic Implants
(PhysOrg.com) -- Titanium and its alloys have a leg up on all other materials used to make the orthopedic implants used by surgeons to repair damaged bones and joints. They are light, super-strong, and virtually ...
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May 18, 2010 |
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Superelastic iron alloy could be used for heart and brain surgery
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Japan have designed an elastic iron-based shape metal alloy for use in applications as diverse as heart and brain surgery and buildings in earthquake-prone areas.
Mar 23, 2010 |
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Santa's Sleigh: Researcher Explains Science Behind St. Nick's Christmas Magic
(PhysOrg.com) -- Santa skeptics have long considered St. Nick’s ability to deliver toys to the world’s good girls and boys in the course of one night a scientific impossibility. But new research shows that ...
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Engineers, doctors develop novel material that could help fight arterial disease
A fortuitous discovery that grew out of a collaboration between UCLA engineers and physicians could potentially offer hope to the nearly 10 million Americans who suffer from peripheral arterial disease.
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Building better bone replacements with bacteria
Bacteria that manufacture hydroxyapatite (HA) could be used to make stronger, more durable bone implants. Professor Lynne Macaskie from the University of Birmingham this week (7-10 September) presented work to the Society ...
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Safety of combat military vehicles examined
A Queen's University Belfast academic is working on research that could help protect the lives of military based in Afghanistan.
Jul 29, 2009 |
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