This is one of those posts where an idea is talked about which helps height increase researchers turn their head into a completely new direction of research and study.
Analysis & Interpretation
This new way of developing slow distraction in the long bones of the leg is something I have not seen before. It seems to use principles of material science engineering to expand the long bones. What might be difficult for height increase seekers to accept is that idea that two metal rods might first have to be implanted into the long bones for the distraction to happen non-invasively later.
There is indeed a stage where surgery is need to get the rods in initially. However, the later process would be noninvasive.
What is the most interesting about this idea is that it is beyond anything the traditional medical professional like surgeons or genetic researchers can ever come up with. The smart material that is being suggested is a very new technology and the idea of first implanting a precompressed rod and then letting it decompress is very impressive and something I would not have thought of if the idea was not suggested.
In theory the idea could work. The Shape Memory Implants are something which I would have to do much more research on since the field this idea comes from, Material Science Engineering, and maybe even Nanotechnology is very new.
Implications For Height Increase
This idea of using surgery to implant memory shape rods which will eventually extend and decompress to push the length of bones up is reasonable in theory. However the actual implementation of this idea could take decades of research and testing before it would be reasonable for humans to use for limb lengthening. In addition, the idea of getting very invasive surgery to have form changing rods implanted into the bones would not be appealing to most people, not even the most hard core of height increase seekers.
From the PedMed website entitled “Pediatric Medical Devices – Interactive Idea Campaign
Noninvasive bone distraction using a shape memory implant
Avi Feb 24 2010 Status: New ideaThis idea solves an effective, minimally invasive way to treat lower limb leg length inequality
It involves the implantation of shape memory rods on either bone in the leg. These rods are placed in a pre-compressed state and are intended to provide axial pressure on the bones. An external cuff is worn to create mild stress fractures in the bone that are no more painful than a shin splint. The pre-stressed rods cause distraction osteogenesis.