Title :
Electrodes´ erosion in a liquid medium [US lithotriptor]
Author_Institution :
L.S.E, Ecole Nationale d´Ingenieurs de Tunis
Abstract :
We seek by this work to tackle the problems of electrodes´ durability of a lithotriptor, which is intended to break a renal calculus. These electrodes functioning in a liquid medium are made up of a composite material. However, in spite of their high prices, these electrodes bear only 3000 electric discharges corresponding to a net time utilization of approximately one hour. It is thus a question of looking for reducing the cost of lithotherapeutics exploitation by replacing the used composite material by a homogenous material which is available in the local market even if it is less resistant to erosion than the first.
Keywords :
biomedical electrodes; biomedical ultrasonics; kidney; radiation therapy; wear resistance; 1 hr; composite material; electric arc current; electric discharges; electrode erosion; electrodes durability; homogenous material; lithotherapeutics exploitation costs reduction; lithotriptor; renal calculus breaking;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, 2002. ISIE 2002. Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7369-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISIE.2002.1025976
