Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Measuring anatomical characteristic or force applied to or...
Patent
1997-07-29
1999-06-15
O'Connor, Cary
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Measuring anatomical characteristic or force applied to or...
600552, 600595, 73579, A61B 5103
Patent
active
059116943
ABSTRACT:
An endoceliac physical quantity measuring apparatus comprises a contact adapted to touch an organic tissue, a vibrator connected mechanically to the contact, a frequency characteristic detecting circuit for detecting parameters associated with the frequency characteristics of the vibrator, load detecting means for detecting a load acting between the organic tissue and the contact, arithmetic means for computing physical quantities of the organic tissue on the basis of the parameters associated with the frequency characteristics detected by the frequency characteristic detecting circuit and the load detected by the load detecting means, and presentation means for presenting the physical quantities computed by the arithmetic means.
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Ikeda Yuichi
Uchiyama Akio
Marmor II Charles
O'Connor Cary
Olympus Optical Co,. Ltd.
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