2005 Volume 17 Issue 1+2 Pages 44-45
This article proposes a novel concept of hemostatic forceps for less invasive surgical operation. Hemostatic forceps has more than 400-year's history but remain an instrument with a potential of over-pressure induced lesion. The proposed hemostatic forceps allows a possibility to limit the clamping pressure within a safe range. This is to be realized by employing the constant stress property of superelastic shape memory alloys to limit the pressure applied on biological tissues. It is expected that the development of safe hemostatic forcepses based on this concept would reduce medical accidents.
