DocumentCode
2053355
Title
Temperature control of SMA artificial anal sphincter
Author
Kakubari, Y. ; Sato, F. ; Matsuki, H. ; Sato, T. ; Luo, Y. ; Takagi, T. ; Yambe, T. ; Nitta, S.
Author_Institution
Graduate Sch. of Eng., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
fYear
2003
fDate
March 30 2003-April 3 2003
Abstract
In this article we used artificial sphincter utilising shape memory alloy (SMA) which consists of Ni and Ti. The anal canal is placed in between two boards fabricated from SMA. Because the form of SMA changes towards temperature, the flexure of the SMA boards in response to being heated by flexible heaters stuck on these boards effects opening anal canal.
Keywords
biocontrol; nickel alloys; prosthetics; shape memory effects; temperature control; titanium alloys; NiTi; SMA artificial anal sphincter; flexible heaters; flexure; opening anal canal; shape memory alloy; temperature control; Automatic control; Coils; Equivalent circuits; Ferrites; Irrigation; Magnetic cores; Power generation; Temperature control; Temperature dependence; Transformer cores;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Magnetics Conference, 2003. INTERMAG 2003. IEEE International
Conference_Location
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7647-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230744
Filename
1230744
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