The influence of ventilation tube design on the magnitude of stress imposed at the implant/tympanic membrane interface

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-163

  Vard, John P ^a   Kelly, Daniel J ^a   Blayney, Alexander W ^b   Prendergast, Patrick J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MATER PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Mechanobiology; Medical engineering design; Reuter Bobbin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

MECHANOBIOLOGY; MEDICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN; REUTER-BOBBIN;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EARDRUM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; VIBRATION;

EID: 38149120609     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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