Abstract: | Research and developmnt of medical fluid jet etchnology has been undertaken by the water jet specialists in collaboration with the surgeons in the recent years. The authors summarize briefly the achievements obtained,the problems encountered and the subsequent R. & D.of the following projects in the present paper: (1)fluid jets impact on hufman flesh, i. e. thebiological materials,and their dynamic responses (2) extracorporal shock wave lithotripsy(ESWL) and endoscopic pulsed waterjet lithotripsy (EPWL) (3) separation of the meningiomas and brain surface (4) needleless injection and acupuncture (5) surgical water jetscalpel and (6)medical water jet irrigating devices (WIDs ). As the fundemental research,project 1 has to beconeucted, at a grest expense, mainly by the histological and pathologicalanalyses of the fluid-jet injuries early happened. For a bright future of this technology,attention must be paid to safety of the high-pressre devices,among others,including the medicalwaterjet instruments at all. |