Title :
Tri-axial electro-goniometer for spinal motion
Author :
Killen, K. ; Music, S. ; Zielinska, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem., Chem. Biol. & Biomed. Eng., Stevens Inst. of Technol., Hoboken, NJ, USA
Abstract :
In the U.S., 600,000 spinal surgeries are performed annually with exposure of 2,250 mrem of radioactivity from monitoring spinal range of motion per patient post-operative rehabilitation. The goniometer is designed to minimize such exposure and improve reliability of patients´ spinal motion parameters for the evaluation of surgical efficacy. This non-invasive device utilizes battery powered sensors that will ultimately reduce costs by $5.04 billion per year.
Keywords :
biomedical electronics; bone; electric sensing devices; goniometers; neurophysiology; orthopaedics; patient monitoring; patient rehabilitation; surgery; battery powered sensors; noninvasive device; patient monitoring; patient post-operative rehabilitation; spinal motion; spinal surgical efficacy evaluation; triaxial electrogoniometer; Batteries; Monitoring; Pain; Potentiometers; Prototypes; Sensors; Surgery;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2012 38th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1141-0
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.2012.6207103