• DocumentCode
    2951841
  • Title

    A fully passive fluidic cup holder for tremor compensation

  • Author

    Fischer, M. ; Irlinger, F. ; Lueth, T.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Micro Technol. & Med. Device Technol., Tech. Univ. Munchen, Garching, Germany
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    26-29 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    837
  • Lastpage
    842
  • Abstract
    In the article on hand, two types of a non-actuated assistive device which should assist persons suffering tremor disease are presented. The device should help patients in the everyday life situation of drinking and replace devices currently used, such as feeding cups.
  • Keywords
    biomechanics; diseases; fluidics; geriatrics; handicapped aids; viscosity; beverage motion; damping fluid; damping fluid viscosity; drinking; everyday life situation; feeding cups; fluidic cup holder device; fully passive fluidic cup holder; mechatronic cup holder system; nonactuated assistive device; passive configuration; tremor compensation; tremor disease; Biomembranes; Damping; Diseases; Gravity; Mathematical model; Viscosity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2010 3rd IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tokyo
  • ISSN
    2155-1774
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7708-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BIOROB.2010.5627818
  • Filename
    5627818