Barbed suture anchoring strength: Applicability to dissimilar polymeric materials

Transactions - 7th World Biomaterials Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1260-

  Ingle, N P ^a   King, M W ^a   Leung, J C ^b   Batchelor, S ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Quill Medical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMPOSITION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DISSIMILAR MATERIALS; ERRORS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); LOADS (FORCES); MECHANICAL TESTING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

BARBED SUTURES; MECHANICAL TESTING MACHINE (MTS); NON-ABSORBABLE POLYMERS; POLYDIOXANONE;

PLASTIC FILAMENTS;

EID: 13844272161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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