Two-layer film as a laser soldering biomaterial

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 250-256

  Lauto, Antonio ^a   Kerman, I ^a   Ohebshalon, Michael ^a   Felsen, Diane ^a   Poppas, D P ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Temperature control; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CARBON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; DOG; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARBON; DOGS; INTESTINE, SMALL; LASER SURGERY; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 0032832645     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1999)25:3<250::AID-LSM9>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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