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Herder, J.L. (author), Cool, J.C. (author), Plettenburg, D.H. (author)For cosmetic reasons, hand prostheses are provided with cosmetic gloves. Their pleasing appearance, however, is accompanied by poor mechanical behavior, resulting in a negative influence on prosthesis operation. Glove stiffness is high and nonlinear, and internal friction in the glove material causes energy dissipation (hysteresis). In this...journal article 1998
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Herder, J.L. (author), Horward, M.J. (author)The invention relates to manipulating pliers especially but not exclusively for surgical purposes, comprising a frame, at a first side of the frame a control handle and at a second side opposite the first side of the frame a gripper as well as a coupling between the control handle and the gripper. The control handle and the gripper are each...patent 1998