RESEARCH ARTICLE
History and Current Situation of Shape Memory Alloys Devices for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Chengli Song*
School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516 Jun Gong Road, Shanghai 200093, China.
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2010Volume: 2
First Page: 24
Last Page: 31
Publisher Id: TOMDJ-2-24
DOI: 10.2174/18751814010020200024
Article History:
Received Date: 29/4/2009Revision Received Date: 6/5/2009
Acceptance Date: 6/5/2009
Electronic publication date: 19/1/2010
Collection year: 2010
© 2010 Song et al.;
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open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Because of their unique mechanical properties and biocompatibility, shape memory alloys (SMAs) have found many applications in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Many novel surgical devices have been developed based on SMAs, which have become essential tools for MIS. In this paper, the historical development of SMAs for MIS is reviewed, including devices for cardiovascular surgery, laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery, orthopaedic surgery and other minimally invasive procedures. Current trends of the SMAs technologies are identified and future directions are discussed with research opportunities of SMAs for the emerging minimally invasive or noninvasive surgical technologies.
Keywords: Shape memory alloys, minimally invasive surgery, cardiovascular surgery, laparoscopic surgery, orthopaedic surgery..
