Utilizing cryogenic grips for dynamic tension testing of human placenta tissue

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 43, Issue , 2007, Pages 354-359

  Manoogian, Sarah ^a   McNally, Craig ^a   Calloway, Britt ^a   Duma, Stefan ^a   Mertz, Heather ^b  

^a Virginia Tech Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorion; Cryogenic; Placenta; Placental abruption; Pregnant; Tension

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRYOGENICS; FETAL MONITORING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; TENSILE TESTING; ABILITY TESTING; INSTRUMENTS; LANDFORMS; TESTING; VEHICLES;

DYNAMIC TENSION TESTING; FETAL INJURY; HUMAN PLACENTA TISSUES; UNIAXIAL TENSION;

TISSUE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PLACENTA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CHORION; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL ABRUPTION; PREGNANT; TENSION;

EID: 34247565451     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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