Development of an urination assist system - A bladder compressing system with a link-work mechanism

Kazuo Kiguchi; Yoshihiko Sakamoto; Keiji Nakashima; Jiro Uozumi

doi:10.1109/ICMECH.2007.4280068

Development of an urination assist system - A bladder compressing system with a link-work mechanism

Kazuo Kiguchi, Yoshihiko Sakamoto, Keiji Nakashima, Jiro Uozumi

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a compact urination assist system that is implantable in a patient who has difriculty in urination caused by the decline of bladder muscular power, disconnection of the nerve to a bladder, etc. in order to assist the urination. The proposed system assists the urination by directly pushing the bladder of the patient using a link-work mechanism. SMA springs and Peltier elements are used to activate the proposed system. The effectiveness of the proposed system is evaluated by experiment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2007 4th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM 2007
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMECH.2007.4280068
Publication status	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	4th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM 2007 - Kumamoto, Japan Duration: May 8 2007 → May 10 2007

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Other	4th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM 2007
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Kumamoto
Period	5/8/07 → 5/10/07

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Control and Systems Engineering
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Kiguchi, K, Sakamoto, Y, Nakashima, K & Uozumi, J 2007, Development of an urination assist system - A bladder compressing system with a link-work mechanism. in Proceedings of the 2007 4th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM 2007., 4280068, 4th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM 2007, Kumamoto, Japan, 5/8/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMECH.2007.4280068

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Development of an urination assist system - A bladder compressing system with a link-work mechanism

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