DocumentCode
3442460
Title
Simulation of a penile-prosthesis with stress evaluation
Author
Ahmed, A. Mateen
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California State Polytech. Univ., Pomona, CA, USA
fYear
1988
fDate
4-7 Nov. 1988
Firstpage
1595
Abstract
A malleable penile prosthesis made from silicon rubber, having one end fixed and the other free, is treated as a long column with end loading. It is found that this prosthesis can withstand a load of about 300 lb, deflecting only 0.3 mu m. During the experiment, the prosthesis was loaded without any muscle structure surrounding it. Once placed inside an actual penis with the muscles intact, the total girth of the penis increases, which helps it to carry a load beyond 185 lbs, so the prosthesis is safe in design.<>
Keywords
biomechanics; prosthetics; Si rubber; end loading; long column; malleable penile prosthesis; muscle structure; stress evaluation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0785-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1988.94745
Filename
94745
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