DocumentCode
3460605
Title
Designing better surgical instruments
Author
Nunez, German ; Kaufman, Howard H. ; Stanley, Charles F.
Author_Institution
Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL, USA
fYear
1988
fDate
4-7 Nov. 1988
Firstpage
661
Abstract
Fifteen ergonomic criteria are presented which can produce better surgical instruments and allows surgeons to operate comfortably while minimizing fatigue. All of the bone-cutting instruments analyzed violate one or several of the criteria. Those most commonly violated are identified.<>
Keywords
biomedical equipment; ergonomics; surgery; bone-cutting instruments; ergonomic criteria; surgical instruments;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0785-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1988.94856
Filename
94856
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