SOME IMPROVED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Quality of surgical instruments.

INTRODUCTION Many surgeons will have encountered the scissors that would not cut, and the artery clip that comes off in a deep difficult location, but it would be reasonable to assume that new instruments should be of assured quality. This study reports the surprising findings of a local quality control exercise for new instruments supplied to a single trust. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between Jan...

Load sensing surgical instruments.

Force and pressure sensing technology applied to smart surgical instruments as well as implants allow to give a direct feedback of loads to the surgeon lead to better reliability and success of surgical operations. A common technology used for sensors is low-cost piezoresistive thick-film technology. However, the standard thick-film firing conditions degrade the properties of medical alloys. In...

On Indian Surgical Instruments; Illustrated

ON INDIAN SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ILLUSTRATED. By E. Temple Weight, M.D., F.R.C.S. (Exam.) Bengal Medical Service. The illustration represents fourteen instruments used by native medical practitioners as follows: No. 1. Lithotomy knife, inches long. 2. Do. do. 9 ,, 3. Do. forceps, 8f ,, 4. Do. scoop. 9 5. Goat's horn, used instead of No. 4, 6j inches long. 6. Blacksmith's tooth forceps, 10 inches...

Care of ophthalmic surgical instruments

Surgical Instruments for Robotic Microsurgery

• Micro-scale surgery requires a very technically advanced skill set, including high hand-eye coordination and little-tono hand tremor. • To improve microsurgical procedures, such as vein suturing, we have developed tools for the REMS, a cooperativelycontrolled surgical robot that reduces tremor when operating. • Our goal is to design effective needle holders and validate the use of the REMS by...