{"id":478,"date":"2019-02-26T19:06:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T19:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-super-v-cannula.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=478"},"modified":"2019-03-06T16:08:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T16:08:51","slug":"nitinol","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.arthroinnovations.com\/nitinol\/","title":{"rendered":"Nitinol"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"478\" class=\"elementor elementor-478 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d4ed75 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"7d4ed75\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9af267e\" data-id=\"9af267e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c85e465 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c85e465\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nitinol<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b4df62e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b4df62e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9b1dc3\" data-id=\"f9b1dc3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d18a84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d18a84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>The Super-V Cannula&#8217;s Innovative Use of Nitinol<\/b><\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orthopedic surgeons recognize nitinol as a material with superelastic properties that\u2019s used to make orthopedic staples and implants. The alloy has unique properties that enable it to exhibit excellent shape memory in medical devices. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthroscopic Innovations uses nitinol in all of our\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"\/minimally-invasive-surgery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">products<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and we\u2019re the first company to utilize the elasticity and shape memory of nitinol for arthroscopic access. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nitinol is used in the Super-V Cannula to overcome limitations caused by the minimally invasive approach. Specifically:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The auto-retracting\u00a0nitinol fins provide excellent,\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; color: #ffffff;\">flexible arthroscopic retraction of the soft tissues<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the device is inside the joint, the nitinol walls pinch together for<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">minimal fluid leakage<\/span><\/b><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>compressive nature<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of nitinol allows the outside diameter of the Super V Cannula to be smaller than other cannulas<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div><h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>Development of Nitinol in Commercial Medicine<\/b><\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nitinol is a nickel-titanium alloy that exhibits shape memory and superelastic properties. The alloy was discovered in 1959 by William Buehler, a scientist from the U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory (NOL). The name \u201cnitinol\u201d comes from a combination of the elements it\u2019s made up of (Nickel, or Ni, and Titanium, or Ti) and the group that discovered it (NOL). <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The commercial applications of nitinol in medicine increased dramatically after two breakthrough medical devices, Mitek\u2019s Homer Mammalok and the Simon Nitinol Filter, were released in the late 1980\u2019s.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Today, the shape-retaining alloy can be found in a plethora of medical devices, ranging from orthodontic archwires and stents to dental drills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">\u201cNitinol has become the material for novel medical devices, particularly in the minimally invasive implantable or diagnostic devices and instruments,\u201d writes Xiao-Yan Gong in <\/span><a style=\"font-size: inherit; background-color: #181818;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaldevice-network.com\/features\/feature90266\/\">Nitinol: The Flexible Friend<\/a><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The incorporation of nitinol in commercial medical devices is not going away anytime soon. According to a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technavio<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> study reported by BusinessWire, the market for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20170925006292\/en\/Nitinol-based-Medical-Devices-Market---Drivers-Forecasts\" class=\"broken_link\">nitinol-based medical devices<\/a> is predicted to grow at a rate of 11% between 2017 and 2021. What explains this increase in global demand for nitinol-based devices? The \u201cincreased efficiency and improved outcomes delivered by nitinol-based devices,\u201d Technavio reports.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9028c28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9028c28\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6854e6f\" data-id=\"6854e6f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55d78d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"55d78d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\"> \u201cDevices made of Nitinol enable surgeons to achieve complex surgical tasks.\u201d <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Chenli Song, <span style=\"font-size: 15.3px;\">in \u201cHistory and Current Situation of Shape Memory Alloy Devices for Minimally Invasive Surgery\"<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14193b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14193b4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6364ec\" data-id=\"f6364ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d04b7e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d04b7e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>Nitinol\u2019s Shape Memory Effect <\/b><\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nitinol, or Nickel Titanium, is a shape memory alloy. Its superelastic and shape memory properties are due to a thermoelastic phase transformation that occurs when the alloy undergoes temperature changes. When the temperature of the alloy is cooled (in what\u2019s known as the martensite phase), it can be molded and shaped. But when the alloy is heated again (in the austenite phase), it returns to its original shape. Nitinol\u2019s shape memory effect is a direct result of this reversible martensitic to austenitic phase transformation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc0e7f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc0e7f9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56d6187\" data-id=\"56d6187\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c8187a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c8187a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>Nitinol is also:<\/b><\/span><\/h3><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biocompatible and non-ferromagnetic<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protected from corrosion by a surface layer of titanium dioxide<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kink, crush, and fatigue resistant <\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nitinol The Super-V Cannula&#8217;s Innovative Use of Nitinol Orthopedic surgeons recognize nitinol as a material with superelastic properties that\u2019s used to make orthopedic staples and implants. 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