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C R Dundas1, I D Levack, M S Brockway
1Department of Anaesthesia, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill.
Anaesthesia
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
A simple and inexpensive force transducer made from a stainless steel table knife is described. Construction is straightforward and utilises strain gauges that are readily available. Amongst its attributes are lightness, ease of application, low sensitivity to postural changes and linearity over extended periods of time.

