title: A force sensor and peak-reading recorder for measurement of cervical dilatation force.
abstract: Earlier dilatation force-sensing transducers, when subjected to side loads, suffered frictional losses which affected their accuracy. This new instrument incorporates a thermal-writing chart recorder and a digital readout of the peak force during dilatation of the cervix.
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004581:Electronics