Equipment for surgical interventions and childbirth in weightlessness
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1Fliegerarzliche Untersuchungsstelle, Munchen, FRG.
Acta Astronautica
|April 1, 1981
Abstract:
A transparent plastic sack has been devised for surgical interventions in space. Fixed airtight on the patient, containing sterilized medical equipment and comprising long sleeves for the operations, it retains all its contents for the rest of the flight.

