The first teleautomatic low-voltage prosthesis with multiple therapeutic applications: A new version of the german artificial sphincter system

Artificial Organs

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 635-641

  Ruthmann, Olaf ^a   Richter, Sabine ^a   Seifert, Gabriel ^a   Karcz, Wojciech ^a   Goldschmidboing, Frank ^b   Lemke, Thomas ^b   Biancuzzi, Gionvanni ^b   Woias, Peter ^b   Schmidt, Thomas ^c   Schwarzbqch, Stefan ^c   Vodermayer, Bernahard ^c   Hopt, Ulrich ^a   Schrag, Hans Jurgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial sphincter muscle; Micropump; Sphincter muscle prosthesis; Telemetric control

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; DISEASE CONTROL; PROSTHETICS; UROLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL SPHINCTER MUSCLE; FECAL INCONTINENCE; LOW VOLTAGES; MICRO PUMP; SPHINCTER MUSCLE PROSTHESIS; SPHINCTER PROSTHESIS; TELEMETRIC CONTROL; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COUNTERPULSATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLOW RATE; GERMAN ARTIFICIAL SPHINCTER SYSTEM II; IMPLANTATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PUMP DESIGN; TELEMETRY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 77955448045     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2010.01004.x     Document Type: Article

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