• 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