Relax and tighten—a haptics-based approach to simulate sphincter tone assessment
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Conference Paper
Abstract
Digital Rectal Examination (DRE) is a physical examination performed by clinicians to diagnose anorectal and prostate abnormalities. Amongst these, sphincter tone assessment is a crucial task where a clinician asks the patient to relax or squeeze, whilst measuring its function by the amount of pressure felt on the examining finger. DRE is difficult to learn and current models fail to reproduce the dynamic function of anorectal abnormalities. We propose a haptics-based approach to incorporate sphincter tone into our current simulator by motor-controlled pulling and releasing of cables that are coiled around a silicone model of the sphincters. A range of healthy and abnormal sphincter tone cases can be modelled by controlling the motors symmetrically and asymmetrically.
Date Issued
2017-07-08
Date Acceptance
2016-09-30
Citation
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 2017, 432, pp.327-333
ISBN
9789811041563
ISSN
1876-1100
Publisher
Springer
Start Page
327
End Page
333
Journal / Book Title
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume
432
Copyright Statement
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018. The final publication is available at Springer via https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-981-10-4157-0_56
Source
Asia Haptics 2016
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2016-11-29
Finish Date
2016-12-01
Coverage Spatial
Kashiwa, Japan
Date Publish Online
2017-07-08