Intermediate technology of manufacturing suturing needles as visualized by SEM.
The manufacture of a suturing needle either from a 0.24 mm phi stainless steel capillary or a 30 G injection needle, as examples of an intermediate technology appropriate for developing countries, is followed step by step with the SEM.
Worst
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I.T.I.R. (Intermediate Technology Information Ring), Haren, The Netherlands.
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D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009339:Needles; D013537:Sutures; D013672:Technology