Biomaterial Database

[Optical properties of alpha-cyanoacrylate adhesives]. 1985

N A Zakharova

The growing increase in the production of medical endoscopes and their complicated design demand the use of materials and processes offering the whole complex of advantages. Assembly of rigid endoscopic systems presents great difficulties during cementing operations, especially when several adhesive joints should be obtained in a single optical element. Transparent, quick-setting alpha-cyanacrylate adhesives are of particular interest in view of their usage for cementing optical elements.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003487	Cyanoacrylates	A group of compounds having the general formula CH2	Cyanoacrylate
D000269	Adhesives	Substances that cause the adherence of two surfaces. They include glues (properly collagen-derived adhesives), mucilages, sticky pastes, gums, resins, or latex.	Glues,Mucilage Adhesive,Mucilage Adhesives,Mucilages, Adhesive,Adhesive,Adhesive Mucilage,Adhesive Mucilages,Adhesive, Mucilage,Adhesives, Mucilage,Glue,Mucilage, Adhesive
D055095	Optics and Photonics	A specialized field of physics and engineering involved in studying the behavior and properties of light and the technology of analyzing, generating, transmitting, and manipulating ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet range.	Photonics,Photonics and Optics
D019723	Endoscopes	Instruments for the visual examination of interior structures of the body. There are rigid endoscopes and flexible fiberoptic endoscopes for various types of viewing in ENDOSCOPY.	Endoscope