Shape-memory polymers or shape-shifting materials are smart materials that have gained significant attention within materials science and biomedical engineering in recent years to build smart ...

Shape Memory Medical Inc., developer of the only commercially available volume‑expanding shape memory polymer for endovascular embolization, announced today that it has completed enrollment in the AAA ...

MedShape (Atlanta, GA) has been granted a U.S. patent for a shape memory polymer-based technology used in orthopedic applications. Shape memory polymers can "remember" more than one shape and ...

Medshape (Atlanta, GA) reports commercialization of the first FDA-cleared medical device made with shape memory polymers. Using Solvay's Zeniva PEEK as a base material, MedShape developed a ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shape Memory Medical Inc., developer of custom shape memory polymers for endovascular markets, announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shape Memory Medical Inc., innovator of shape memory polymer for endovascular applications, today announced that its proprietary platform has been used to treat its ...

In a recent review published in Micromachines, researchers from Spain and Portugal highlighted the synergistic combination of shape-memory polymers (SMP) with carbon nanotubes (CNT) to enhance ...

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP have developed a foil that changes into polyurethane foam (PU foam) when heated—entirely without health risks. The foil allows ...

Shape Memory Medical Inc., developer of a commercially available volume-expanding shape memory polymer for endovascular embolizatio ...

Shape Memory Medical Inc., developer of the only commercially available volume-expanding shape memory polymer for endovascular embolization, announced today that it has completed enrollment in the AAA ...