A Novel Shape Memory Plate Osteosynthesis for Noninvasive Modulation of Fixation Stiffness in a Rabbit Tibia Osteotomy Model

Figure 1

Illustration of the one-way shape memory effect (a) and the hysteresis of martensitic phase transformation (b). : temperature; : austenite start (finish) temperature; : martensite start (finish) temperature (principle, actual temperatures depend on the composition of the material). Adapted from [23].

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