Meanings
nounmicrohook (plural microhooks)
plural microhooks
- A microscale hook.
The four sliding clamps carry microhooks which protrude from the capsule by 400–600 μm.
2015 July 15, Stephen Woods, Timothy Constandinou, “Engineering Micromechanical Systems for the Next Generation Wireless Capsule Endoscopy”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI
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