Monitoring neuromuscular blockade: the table knife transducer

A simple and inexpensive force transducer made from a stainless steel table knife is described. Construction is straightforward and utilises strain gauges that are readily available. Amongst its attributes are lightness, ease of application, low sensitivity to postural changes and linearity over ext...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Anaesthesia 1987-10, Vol.42 (10), p.1092-1095
Hauptverfasser:	DUNDAS, C. R, LEVACK, I. D, BROCKWAY, M. S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anesthesia Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Equipment Design General anesthesia. Technics. Complications. Neuromuscular blocking. Premedication. Surgical preparation. Sedation Humans Medical sciences Monitoring, Physiologic - instrumentation Muscle Contraction - drug effects Neuromuscular Junction - physiology Synaptic Transmission - drug effects Transducers
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Zusammenfassung:	A simple and inexpensive force transducer made from a stainless steel table knife is described. Construction is straightforward and utilises strain gauges that are readily available. Amongst its attributes are lightness, ease of application, low sensitivity to postural changes and linearity over extended periods of time.
ISSN:	0003-2409 1365-2044
DOI:	10.1111/j.1365-2044.1987.tb05175.x