... comes to mind in association with surgical instruments.

e.g.:
Clinical evaluation of piezoelectric ear surgery from Ear, Nose & Throat ... rotating instruments for performing classic canal-wall-up mastoidectomy. ...
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BUM/is_4_87/ai_n25356143/

In this article, a new concept for navigated laser surgery is presented. Mechanically rotating instruments such as drills or mills for bone treatment have ...
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6178175_A_new_conce...

In this article, a new concept for navigated laser surgery is presented. Mechanically rotating instruments such as drills or mills for bone treatment have ...
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6178175_A_new_conce...

26 Feb 2009 ... Standard treatment may include surgery, radiation therapy, ... Dermabrasion (a rotating instrument is used to remove cancer cells) ...
www.dermatologychannel.net/skincancer/basal-cell-treatment....

I also found rotary instruments, quite often actually, it's just a proposition...

US Patent 6409727 - Multifilar flexible rotary shaft and medical instruments incorporating the same
Dentistry — Medical devices for dentistry — Instruments. EN 1640:2004 ... Dentistry — Number coding system for rotary instruments
http://www.dgzmk.de/uploads/497483d292f85.pdf

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Domaine(s) : - médecine
otorhinolaryngologie


français
anglais

instrumentation de Chavanon n. f.
Chavanon's instruments

http://www.granddictionnaire.com/btml/fra/r_motclef/index102...

so... and there are many more








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Thanks for the note, I will surely take it into account next time!

Levadent
“CELIT” (Russia) – laboratory rotational instruments ... “DFS” (Germany) – laboratory consumer materials, dental and laboratory rotational instruments, casting device ... “ZHUHAI SIGER MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CO LTD” (China) – dental units ...
www.levadent.info.am/ - 16k - Cached - Similar pages


A bit more French context would help, i.e. the list of medical devices, the paragraph in French?

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On the calibration of rotational instruments for the measurement ...
On the calibration of rotational instruments for the measurement of whole-blood viscosity. Black RA, How TV, Whittington RB. Institute of Medical and Dental ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2958099 - Similar pages
by RA Black - 1986 - Cited by 1 - Related articles - All 2 versions

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even

rotative instruments#

[PDF]
Root Canal Tensions Investigated With Electric Tensional Stamps ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
crown-down procedure using rotative instruments. (ProTaper). The root canal instrumentation was done at the following speeds: 400 rotation per ...
www.ecmjournal.org/journal/supplements/vol013supp03/pdf/vol... - Similar pages

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Maillefer Sterilisation Guidelines | DENTSPLY
Rotative cutting instruments (Diamond burs, tungsten carbide burs, stainless steel drills, carbon steel burs, reamers). • Root canal filling instruments ...
www.dentsply.co.uk/Products/Endodontics/Maillefer-Sterilisa... - 69k - Cached - Similar pages

this is why more context would be helpful

i.e. instruments for which medical discipline??

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Actually could you please ignore "rotational" , particularly as I now see that the site quoted is not a bona fide English one.

So

rotative instruments

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my final contribution

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low-profile instrumentation
Est-ce une instrumentation fine, effile... ou autre ? merci de m'clairer pour le terme exacte.

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instruments à profil bas
Explanation:
Idéale pour les procédures rachidiennes et orthopédiques mini-invasives.... Les éléments clés des systèmes de rachis-orthopédique de GE sont : Technologie de navigation électromagnétique, exposition réduite aux rayons X, instruments à profil bas
http://www.gehealthcare.com/eufr/surgery/products/oec-9800-p...

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ou instrumentation à profil bas (évidemment)

Autre exemple: Design polyvalent à invasion minimal. Une quille à profil bas spécialement conçue permet une insertion aisée sans contrainte. http://www.benelux.stryker.com/fr/index_multi/st_pag_medic-h...