Journal of Medical Devices: Recent submissions
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Biomechanical Comparison of Human and Swine Cardiovascular Tissues1
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A Muscle Powered Counterpulsation Device for Tether Free Cardiac Support: Form and Function1
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Thrombogenicity Testing for Blood Contacting Medical Devices in an In Vitro Ovine Blood Loop1
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Torsional Ventricular Assist Device: Design Considerations and Prototype Development1
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Tissue Necrosis Associated With Chemical Ablations1
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Development of a Novel Positive Control for the Standard Test Method for the Platelet Leukocyte Assay: An In Vitro Hemocompatibility Assessment of Blood Contacting Medical Devices1
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A D Shaped Bileaflet Bioprosthesis Which Replicates Physiological Left Ventricular Flow Patterns1
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Analysis and Evaluation of a Robotic Trephination in Penetrating Keratoplasty
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)It is difficult to achieve a stably delicate operation in manual microsurgery, and the aim of this paper is to evaluate the robotic trephination that can open a promising perspective for the development of robotic microsurgical ... -
Device for Verifying the Patellar Cut During Knee Replacement Surgery
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Cutting the kneecap (patella) in knee replacement surgery is challenging and can lead to pain and reduced function when done incorrectly. The presented device allows the surgeon to check the threedimensional symmetry and ... -
A Computational Approximation to Model Variation in Cancellous Bone Screw Pull Out
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Cancellous bone screws are used to achieve good pullout characteristics when connected to cancellous bone. This study examines some screw characteristics, including pitch and inner diameter, using a model of cancellous ... -
Development of a Variable Stiffness Over Tube Based on Low Melting Point Alloy for Endoscopic Surgery
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Instruments used in endoscopic surgery (colonoscopy surgery or natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES)) are flexible to be advanced in human body. However, when the end of the instrument reaches the target, ... -
Design and Development of a Wheel Chair Based Manual Self Transfer Device for Elderly and Disabled
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A novel and frugal selftransfer device has been developed for transferring a user, with disabilities in lower limbs, from a wheel chair to a toilet commode or any other surface. The device does not require any external ... -
A Robotic Ankle–Foot Prosthesis With Active Alignment
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)An ankle–foot prosthesis designed to mimic the missing physiological limb generates a large sagittal moment during push off which must be transferred to the residual limb through the socket connection. The large moment ... -
Development of a Soft Pneumatic Sock for Robot Assisted Ankle Exercise
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a severe medical condition that affects many patients around the world, where one of the main causes is commonly associated with prolonged immobilization. Current mechanical prophylaxis systems, ... -
Inductive Sensing to Detect Tissue Thickness Between Magnets for Potential Application in Magnetic Compression Based Anastomosis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Magnetic compression based anastomoses use magnetic force to necrose tissue between two magnets to create an anastomosis. Nickelplated neodymium–iron–boron magnets are used in our study. The compression pressure between ... -
Toward Incorporating the Infant Weight Into Incubator's Automatic Temperature Control
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A premature infant needs a stable thermal environment. This paper studies if the infant weight can be employed in the standard heat regulation system in incubators. This was done in two stages. First, a weight sensor was ... -
Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis Preventive Nose Plugs: Prophylaxis Against Naegleria fowleri
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Naegleria fowleri is a freeliving amoeba; it is a protist pathogen that is known to cause a fatal encephalitis in humans known as “primary amoebic meningoencephalitis†(PAM). The peak season for the cases admitted to ... -
A Novel Method for Measuring Polyethylene Hip Liner Wear Using a Coordinate Measuring Machine and a Dual Stylus Probe
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Ex vivo highresolution measurement of highly crosslinked (HXL) polyethylene hip liner wear is necessary to characterize the in vivo performance of these polymers that exhibit increased wear resistance. Current studies focus ... -
Design and Fabrication of a Disposable Dental Handpiece for Clinical Use of a New Laser Based Therapy Monitoring System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Dental caries, the breakdown of tooth enamel by bacteria infection that causes cavities in the enamel, is the most common chronic disease in individuals 6–19 years of age in the U.S. Optical detection of caries has been ... -
Optimization and Evaluation of a Vascular Coupling Device for End to End Anastomosis: A Finite Element Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Currently, endtoend anastomosis of blood vessels is performed using suturing, which is time consuming, expensive, and subject to large degrees of human error. One promising alternative is a ring–pin coupling device. This ...