Design of a 1.0MM multifunctional forceps-scissors instrument for minimally invasive surgery

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Aguirre, Milton E ^a   Frecker, Mary ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SURGERY;

INVASIVE SURGERY; SCISSORS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 33751335901     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2006-99446     Document Type: Conference Paper

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