Books By David L. (Director of Basic Research at MedShape, Inc.) Safranski, Jack C. (Senior Vice President of Advanced Research Griffis - Author

David L. Safranski, Ph.D., is the Director of Basic Research at MedShape, Inc., an Atlanta-based orthopaedic device company. His current research focuses on both the basic science and translational aspects of designing shape-memory polymers and textiles for medical applications. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on shape-memory polymers and functional biomaterials and holds several patents around shape-memory polymers and devices. Dr. Safranski received his Ph.D. from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he also serves as an adjunct faculty member. Jack C. Griffis III, M.S., is the Senior Vice President of Advanced Research and Technology at MedShape, Inc., an Atlanta-based orthopaedic device company. He is the recipient of five national design excellence awards in medical device engineering and has cleared more than 50 different medical technologies with the FDA. In 2013, he was inducted into the National Academy of Inve