Shape memory compression system

Shape memory compression system for management of chronic venous disorders... 

Herein, we unveil a unique compression system using shape memory polymer (SMP) to counter the above problems. SMPs are smart materials that can memorize the original shape so that they can recover from a temporary deformed shape upon exposure to an external stimulus, eg, heat, light, water, etc. SMPs have gained scientific significance over the last 10 years in the development of many potentially innovative products [7—11]. At present, thermally sensitive SMPs are successfully employed in many... 

Smart compression system using shape memory fibers... 

New domains of type 1 may also be generated through nucleation process to speed up the domain switching process. This domain switching may continue imtil the unfavored domains (type 2 as shown in Fig. 3.9b) are driven out of the system. If the applied stress is compressive as shown in Fig. 3.9d, some domains are annihilated. The presence of domain walls makes the shape deformation very easy in the martensite phase. Upon heating, all shapes in Fig. 3.9b-d go back to the same shape as in Fig. 3.9a. In other words, the shape in the high temperature phase is remembered . This shape memory... 

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