A novel artificial sphincter prosthesis driven by a four-membrane silicon micropump

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 203-209

  Doll, Alexander F ^a   Wischke, Martin ^a   Geipel, Andreas ^a   Goldschmidtboeing, Frank ^a   Ruthmann, Olaf ^b   Hopt, Ulrich T ^b   Schrag, Hans Juergen ^b   Woias, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active valves; Bidirectional; Medical implant; Membrane actuator; Micropump; Sphincter prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FLOW RATE; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SILICON;

ACTIVE VALVES; MEDICAL IMPLANTS; MEMBRANE ACTUATORS; MICROPUMPS; SPHINCTER PROSTHESIS;

PROSTHETICS;

EID: 34548253545     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.03.025     Document Type: Article

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