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Floating operator chair.

K Sugita·S Kobayashi·K Matsuo·A Yokoo
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A newly designed operator chair is suspended by a floor stand and a horizontal arm that rotates and is adjustable for length. The suspension system is equipped with magnetic locks that enable the surgeon instantaneously to take desired positions in a horizontal plane. The height of the chair is controlled electrically. The foot plate, which is in one piece with the chair, has 18 switches for the microscope, chair, bipolar coagulator, camera, and so on. This comfortable and multifunctional chair is an important microneurosurgical tool not only for minimizing the physical fatigue of the surgeon but also for performing refined techniques.

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K Sugita, S Kobayashi, K Matsuo, A Yokoo. 1982. Floating operator chair.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7145067/

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