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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF

MEDICAL DEVICES AND

INSTRUMENTATION

Second Edition

VOLUME 1

Alloys, Shape Memory – Brachytherapy, Intravascular

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MEDICAL DEVICES AND INSTRUMENTATION, SECOND EDITION

Editor-in-Chief

John G. Webster

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Edward S. Sternick

Tufts–New England Medical Center

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University of Wisconsin–Madison

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University of Arizona College of Medicine

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University of Iowa

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF

MEDICAL DEVICES AND

INSTRUMENTATION

Second Edition

Volume 1

Alloys, Shape Memory – Brachytherapy, Intravascular

Edited by

John G. Webster

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Encylopedia of medical devices & instrumentation/by John G. Webster,

editor in chief. – 2nd ed.

p. ; cm.

Rev. ed. of: Encyclopedia of medical devices and instrumentation. 1988.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13 978-0-471-26358-6 (set : cloth)

ISBN-10 0-471-26358-3 (set : cloth)

ISBN-13 978-0-470-04066-9 (v. 1 : cloth)

ISBN-10 0-470-04066-1 (v. 1 : cloth)

1. Medical instruments and apparatus–Encyclopedias. 2. Biomedical engineering–Encyclopedias. 3. Medical physics–Encyclopedias.

4. Medicine–Data processing–Encyclopedias. I. Webster, John G.,

1932- . II. Title: Encyclopedia of medical devices and instrumentation.

[DNLM: 1. Equipment and Supplies–Encyclopedias–English. W 13

E555 2006]

R856.A3E53 2006

610.2803–dc22

2005028946

Printed in the United States of America

10987654321

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