| abstract |
Surgical instruments, e.g. forceps, needles, etc. are produced from carbon fibre-reinforced material, pref. synthetic resin. They are light in weight, practically non-conducting, non-reflective and transparent to X-rays. Suitable materials are, e.g. epoxides, polyesters and phenol-formaldehyde resins. These may partially be replaced by other X-ray transparent materials, e.g. polyacetals or graphite. |