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WRIST ROTATION [2 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2008-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A device designed to hold needles for suturing during a surgical operation.

OBS

Needle holders are used to suture deep areas where hands cannot reach comfortably or where high precision and clear visibility is required. The holders may be with or without a catch. All needle holders have a firm grip.

OBS

Needle holders are mainly ring handled instruments similar to hemostats in appearance but with smaller jaws which are shorter and thicker. The purpose of needle holders is to securely hold surgical needles which are attached to sutures. Not all needle holders are ring handled. Spring handled needle holders are used in surgical procedures requiring delicate suturing in tight or poorly exposed areas of the body. Spring handled needle holders provide maximum result with minimum rotation of wrist and hand. Most spring handle holders will have a lock or catch to secure the needle.

OBS

There are many varieties of needle holders, often bearing the name of their inventor: Abbey, Adson, Baumgartner, Carroll, Castroviejo, Collier, Crile-Wood, Derf, Ferris Smith, Finochietto, Heaney, Mayo, Mayo-Hegar needle holder, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
DEF

Pince articulée qui fixe et maintient une aiguille pour effectuer une suture.

OBS

Le porte-aiguille. Comme son nom l'indique, il porte l'aiguille et le fil qui vont charger et suturer les tissus ou la peau. L'aiguille est pincée perpendiculaire au porte-aiguille et au bout de ses mors; la préhension se fait généralement deux tiers un tiers ou la moitié de la courbure de l'aiguille et pointe à gauche.

OBS

Pluriel : des porte-aiguilles.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
DEF

The space which can be swept by the wrist reference point added by the range of rotation or translation of each joint in the wrist.

OBS

The working space is smaller than the space which can be swept by all the moving parts of the manipulator.

Key term(s)
  • working area
  • workspace

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
DEF

Espace qui peut être balayé par le point de référence du poignet, augmenté de la plage de mouvement, en rotation ou translation, des articulations du poignet.

Spanish

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