Rationale for practical medical device accelerated aging programs in AAMI TIR 17

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 3-6, 2000, Pages 349-353

  Lambert, Byron J ^a   Tang, Fuh Wei ^a  

^a BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated aging; Arrhenius equation; Medical devices; Radiation sterilization

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; HEALTH CARE; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); THERMOANALYSIS;

ACCELERATING AGING PROGRAM; ARRHENIUS EQUATION; RADIATION STERILIZATION; WORKING EQUATION;

RADIATION DECONTAMINATION;

AGING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; DEVICE; INDUSTRY; MATERIAL STATE; RADIATION STERILIZATION; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0034118321     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(99)00403-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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