...Edward J. Coleridge Smith; Gareth A. Thomson; Philip D. Coleridge Smith 09 06 2011 09 06 2011 biomedical equipment biomedical ultrasonics lubricants patient treatment skin Ultrasound Guided Foam Sclerotherapy is a treatment where a physician injects sclerosant foam along...

... and analyzed analytically and by finite element analyses. Experimental penetration tests using plastic and steel control hypodermic needles with skin mimics, specifically polyurethane film and pig skin, were performed to determine penetration and friction forces. Lubricated plastic needles achieved successful...