Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 154-163 , March 2008

The influence of ventilation tube design on the magnitude of stress imposed at the implant/tympanic membrane interface

  • John P. Vard

      Affiliations

    • Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
    • ,
  • Daniel J. Kelly

      Affiliations

    • Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
    • ,
  • Alexander W. Blayney

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Mater Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
    • ,
  • Patrick J. Prendergast

      Affiliations

    • Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 1 896 2061; fax: +353 1 679 5554.

Received 12 December 2006 ,Revised 15 March 2007 ,Accepted 16 March 2007.

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PII: S1350-4533(07)00056-2

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.03.005

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 154-163 , March 2008

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