Addressing women's needs in surgical instrument design

Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 40-46

  Wiklund, Michael ^a   Rudnick, Jim ^b   Liberatore, Jessica ^c  

^a Wiklund Research and Design   (United States)

^b Stryker Orthopaedics   (United States)

^c ETHICON INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT CALLS; MEN; SURGEONS; WOMEN;

BIOMECHANICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33751120456     PISSN: 0194844X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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