A new spinal manometer.

Nitinol Spinal Vertebrae: A Favorable New Substitute

Scoliosis, kyphosis, and bone fracture are health problems, especially of the elderly throughout the world. The vertebra protects the spinal cord. Any impairment to the vertebra can lead to pain and nervousness. Ni-Ti alloy (Nitinol) helps to resolve the problem by fulfilling such requirements as for strength, durability, resistance to wear, and shockwave damping which is due to the shape memor...

Study on a Concentric Tube Bulb Manometer and its Performance Compared to U-shaped Manometer

This paper presents comparative study of a new type of manometer calledconcentric tube bulb (C.T.B) manometer. Its performance of measuring differential heightis studied against conventional U-shaped manometer. Pressure drops and mass flow ratesare calculated by taking various systems comprising of different flow measuring devicessuch as orifice and venturimeters using both U- shaped and C.T.B ...

A Combination Simple Manometer and Constant Volume Differential Manometer for Studies in Metabolism

The purpose of this article is to describe a manometer which we have developed during the past year for studies in metabolism and which appears to include a number of features of wide-spread use and interest. It is a combination manometer, offering in a single apparatus the possibilities of either direct or differential manometric measurements. For direct measurements it is the equivalent of tw...

Integrated Digital Manometer for Lumbar Puncture

U-Tube Manometer Calibration using ANFIS

This paper deals with the implementation of the Adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) on a Xilinx based Field Programmable Gate Array Spartan-3E. The implemented hardware is then used to efficiently calibrate the U-Tube manometer, in which the relation between the level of mercury and the Capacitance developed across the Copper Plates of the manometer is highly non-linear. This system s...