• DocumentCode
    3571892
  • Title

    Optical fibres in biomedical applications: Effect of a biological medium on static fatigue

  • Author

    Brown, W.G.A. ; Easton, C.D. ; Leong, A.R. ; Wade, C.M. ; Stoddart, P.R. ; Wade, S.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Eng. & Ind. Sci., Swinburne Univ. of Technol., Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Optical fibres are finding expanding applications in medicine. This work presents time-to-failure measurements of optical fibres under static stress in a simulated bodily fluid; intended for use in the development of medical fibre optic devices.
  • Keywords
    biomedical equipment; fatigue; optical fibre testing; reliability; biological medium; biomedical instruments; medical fibre optic devices; optical fibres; simulated bodily fluid; static fatigue; time-to-failure measurements; Fatigue; Optical fibers; Silicon compounds; Stress; Temperature measurement; Testing; biological media; optical fibre; static fatigue;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929892
  • Filename
    5929892
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3571892