Effect of the needle tip height on the puncture force in a simplified epidural anesthesia simulator

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3504-3507

  Naemura, K ^a   Uchino, Y ^a   Saito, H ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Unisis Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparative phantom study; Force analysis; Needle design; Porcine bone

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; NEEDLES; RUBBER; SILICONES;

COMPARATIVE PHANTOM STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA SIMULATORS; FORCE ANALYSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; PORCINE BONE;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; PUNCTURE;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NEEDLES; PUNCTURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 57649202573     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353086     Document Type: Conference Paper

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