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Title: Kinematic analysis of engagement and bending capabilities of a point-of-care, incremental skeletal fixation plate bending system
Award ID(s):
2133630
PAR ID:
10578450
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Eslevier
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Manufacturing Letters
Volume:
41
Issue:
S
ISSN:
2213-8463
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1585 to 1595
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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