Pulsed liquid microjet for intravascular injection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4611, Issue , 2002, Pages 72-75

  Palanker, Daniel ^a   Fletcher, Dan ^a   Miller, Jason ^a   Huie, Philip ^a   Marmor, Michael ^a   Blumenkranz, Mark ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drag delivery; Microsurgery; Retinal vein occlusion; Water jet

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; NOZZLES;

PULSED LIQUID MICROJETS;

DRUG INFUSION;

EID: 0036400108     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.470608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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