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Tsetse fly inspired steerable bone drill—a proof of concept

The fixation strength of pedicle screws could be increased by fixating along the much stronger cortical bone layer, which is not possible with the current rigid and straight bone drills. Inspired by the tsetse fly, a single-plane steerable bone drill was developed. The drill has a flexible transmiss...

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Autores principales: de Kater, Esther P., Müller, Rob, Sakes, Aimée, Breedveld, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10284141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37351466
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1197940