Cutting force measurement platform for quantitative assessment of surgical cutting instruments

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 32, Issue , 1996, Pages 237-241

  Santhanam, Ram ^a   Valenta Jr , Harry L ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Valleylab   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutting; Electrosurgery; Force; Tissue

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CUTTING EQUIPMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROSURGERY; FORCE MEASUREMENT; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; SPEED CONTROL; TISSUE;

CUTTING FORCE MEASUREMENT PLATFORM; CUTTING SPEED; SOFTWARE PACKAGE LABVIEW; SURGICAL CUTTING INSTRUMENTS; TISSUE CUTTING;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROSURGERY; FORCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; ELECTROSURGERY; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SWINE;

EID: 0029664634     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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