Although lots of assistive devices have been studied to fight against caregivers' work-related musculoskeletal disorders, stand-and-turn effects on biomechanical constraints are still unknown. The aim this study is provide and compare quantitative data loads in the low back area resulting from use a motorless device manual patient handling. Nine caregivers participated motion capture ground rea...

Authors of this report describe 2 patients who had undergone shunt insertion for hydrocephalus and who, at 6 weeks or 9 months after their last revision, presented with symptoms of shunt dysfunction and CSF collections at the valve site. At the ensuing shunt revision in both patients, the silicone housing was fractured and the Siphonguard was disconnected from the Codman Hakim Precision flat-bo...

Virtual collisions are considered an important aspect of creating effective travel interactions for virtual environments; yet, they are not yet well understood. We introduce a new floor based audio-haptic interface for providing virtual collision feedback, the soundfloor. With this device, haptic feedback can be provided through the floor of a projection VR system, without disturbing the visual...

Diarrhea and fecal incontinence are common in critically ill patients and present a challenging problem in patient management. The Flexi-Seal® Fecal Management System is a device to divert the stools away from the patient, thus improving the care to patients with fecal incontinence. There have been only few case reports describing the complications with the use of this device. Here, we present ...

In this paper we introduce a novel concept, which considers all the autonomous devices on the user 's Personal Area Network (PAN) as one big "Virtual Device" having multiple input and output units and providing a coherent and surround interface to the user. Such a concept is quite valuable to the user since it allows him to manage all his devices as one. The paper also proposes and describes a ...

Inhalation therapy remains the cornerstone of treatment for bronchial diseases. Despite being pharmacologically efficacious, currently available inhaled drugs can have decreased real-life effectiveness due to a variety of factors, including poor inhalation technique. Each device type has its own specifications regarding the optimal way to use it, in terms of device handling and characteristics ...

The whole process of realtime-rendering is usually structured into several parts, like rendering scenegraph, visibility processing and interaction device handling. Ideally each parts function-ality should be offered in an efficient and reusable C++-library. For the visibility processing we discuss requirements and design options for the library. The discussion is based on the OpenSG scenegraph ...

Recent advances in development of semiconductor devices lead to more and more complex device structures. This concerns device geometry as well as tne combination of different materials. Due to the rapid reduction of device geometries, the models describing the device physics increase in complexity. 10 gain additional insight into the performance of devices under realistic dynamic boundary condi...