Biomaterial Database

[Pneumatically driven instruments for microsurgery (author's transl)]. 1978

J Draeger

In recent years motor driven hand instruments for especially difficult microsurgical manipulations have come in use. Under certain conditions the electric low volt systems presented difficulties with regard to power or reliability. Therefore trials were made with pneumatic systems which with same dimensions produce much more power. In this way also totally different functions can be remote-controlled in quite a new way.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008866	Microsurgery	The performance of surgical procedures with the aid of a microscope.
D011312	Pressure	A type of stress exerted uniformly in all directions. Its measure is the force exerted per unit area. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)	Pressures
D005128	Eye Diseases	Diseases affecting the eye.	Eye Disorders,Eye Disease,Eye Disorder
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000388	Air	The mixture of gases present in the earth's atmosphere consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases.