Title :
Lamellar shape memory engine force and displacement control for application to rehabilitation
Author :
Martinet, Noël ; André, Jean Marie ; Hean, Chhieng Chhun ; Yvroud, Edouard
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Reeducation et Readaptation fonctionnelle, Fac. de Med., Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
fDate :
Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
Abstract :
Our project has been designed to carry out an engine whose main function is to generate specific various applications in rehabilitation in a safe and reliable way. This engine is made up of shape memory alloys which, through the variations of thermal gradient, provide a strain and a force both regulated by LabView (virtuel instrument engineering workbench) a medical device software, in an on-off close loop.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; control engineering computing; displacement control; force control; medical control systems; on-off control; patient rehabilitation; shape memory effects; virtual instrumentation; LabView; lamellar shape memory engine displacement control; lamellar shape memory engine force control; medical device software; medical rehabilitation; on-off close loop; shape memory alloys; thermal gradient; virtual instrument engineering workbench; Engines; Heating;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0785-2
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761891
