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2. Surgical stainless steel - Wikipedia

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   Surgical cutting instruments are often made from 440 or 420 stainless due to its high hardness coupled with acceptable corrosion resistance. This type of stainless steel may be slightly magnetic. General surgical tools are made from other chromium-bearing stainless steels, such as 17-4 .

3. Harrington rod - Wikipedia

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   The Harrington rod (or Harrington implant) is a stainless steel surgical device. [1] Historically, this rod was implanted along the spinal column to treat, among other conditions, a lateral or coronal-plane curvature of the spine, or scoliosis. Up to one million people had Harrington rods implanted for scoliosis between the early 1960s and the ...

4. Scalpel - Wikipedia

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   Scalpel blades are usually made of hardened and tempered steel, stainless steel, or high carbon steel; in addition, titanium, ceramic, diamond and even obsidian knives are not uncommon. For example, when performing surgery under MRI guidance, steel blades are unusable (the blades would be drawn to the magnets and would also cause image artifacts).

5. Operating theater - Wikipedia

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   Sterile instruments to be used during surgery are arranged on a stainless steel table. [2] An electronic monitor (which records the heart rate and respiratory rate by adhesive patches that are placed on the patient's chest). [2] The pulse oximeter machine attaches to the patient's finger with an elastic band aid.

6. Surgical instrument - Wikipedia

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   A surgical instrument is a medical device for performing specific actions or carrying out desired effects during a surgery or operation, such as modifying biological tissue, or to provide access for viewing it. [1] Over time, many different kinds of surgical instruments and tools have been invented.

7. Martensitic stainless steel - Wikipedia

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   Chemical composition of a few common martensitic stainless steel grades from EN 10088-1 (2005) standard Chemical composition (main alloying elements) in wt% EN. Steel designation. EN. Number. AISI. Number Number: C: Cr: Mo: Others: Remarks: X12Cr13 1.4006 410 0.12 12.5 — — Base grade, used as stainless engineering steel X20Cr13 1.4021 420 0 ...