Here are five notes:
1. Drs. Ma and Karaman created a titanium shape memory alloy, which has stress-dependent elastic properties.
2. Five times more flexible than any growing rod on the market, the alloy moves naturally with the body and growing spine.
3 This material allows the rod to have simultaneous rigid and flexible characteristics.
4. Drs. Ma and Karaman will work with Dennis Devito, MD, of Children’s Orthopedics of Atlanta, to test the efficacy of the new implant for surgery.
5. The scientists predict the new implant may improve the success of pediatric scoliosis treatments.
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