The Engineering Structures Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Switzerland, has reportedly developed an iron-based shape memory alloy for reinforcing concrete that has a lower melting point and is lower in cost than nickel-titanium SMAs.
MedShape Inc., Atlanta, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Morphix SP Suture Anchor.
Admedes Schuessler GmbH, Germany, has strategically invested $80 million in its operations in Pforzheim, Germany, to expand Nitinol manufacturing and to develop new technologies to support the medical device industry’s rapid pace of innovation.
Memry Corp., Bethel, Conn., announces that it will expand its U.S. headquarters in Bethel by 15,000 ft2, enhancing its precision manufacturing of Nitinol components for the medical device industry.
Actuator Solutions GmbH (ASG), Germany, a subsidiary of Alfmeier Präzision and SAES Getters, has won the 2014 German Innovation Award for its development of a wide range of applications for shape memory devices.
