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Design and fabrication of a low cost implantable bladder pressure monitor
- Source :
- Scopus-Elsevier, EMBC: 2009 annual international conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, vols 1 and 2
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Abstract
- In the frame of the Flemish Community funded project Bioflex we developed and fabricated an implant for short term (< 7 days) bladder pressure monitoring, and diagnosis of incontinence. This implant is soft and flexible to prevent damaging the bladder’s inner wall. It contains a standard flexible electronic circuit connected to a battery, which are embedded in surface treated silicone to enhance the biocompatibility and prevent salt deposition. This article describes the fabrication of the pill and the results of preliminary cytotoxicity tests. The electronic design and its tests, implantation and the result of the in-vivo experimentation will be presented in other articles.
- Subjects :
- Fabrication
Materials science
Technology and Engineering
Urinary Bladder
technology, industry, and agriculture
Battery (vacuum tube)
Equipment Design
Prostheses and Implants
Prosthesis Design
Bladder pressure
Flexible electronics
Urodynamics
chemistry.chemical_compound
Silicone
chemistry
Pressure
Electronic design
Humans
Implant
Biomedical engineering
Electronic circuit
Subjects
Details
- ISBN :
- 978-1-4244-3295-0
- ISBNs :
- 9781424432950
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scopus-Elsevier, EMBC: 2009 annual international conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, vols 1 and 2
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a7bc62c9a35e55e1b3498c75b9647f45