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Medical devices incorporating SIM alloy elements

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  • US 5,190,546 A
  • Filed: 04/09/1991
  • Issued: 03/02/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of forming an attachment to a bone, which comprises positioning in an aperture in the bone an element formed at least partially from a shape memory alloy which displays stress induced martensite behavior at body temperature, the element being so positioned that it is deformed by the walls of the aperture by the formation of stress-induced martensite, and thereby exerts a force outwardly on the walls of the aperture.

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