Control of air-cell mattress for preventing pressure ulcer based on approximate anthropometric model

Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE 9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 164-167

  Moon, Inhyuk ^a,b   Kang, Sung Jae ^b   Kim, Gyu Seok ^b   Mun, Mu Seong ^b  

^a KOREC Korea Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Engineering Center ^*

^b Korea Orthopedics Rehabilitation Engineering Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPRESSORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLENOIDS;

AIR-CELL MATTRESS; ANTHROPOMETRIC MODEL; CYLINDRICAL AIR CELLS; ELECTRONIC SOLENOID VALVES;

PRESSURE CONTROL;

EID: 33745779909     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2005.1501076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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