{"title":"Computer assisted design of a rotational molding mold for low cost manufacturing of upper limb prosthetic device","authors":"O. Pelliccioni, K. Arzola, M. V. Candal","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568344","url":null,"abstract":"The design of a rotomoulding mold for manufacturing a plastic prototype prosthesis for upper limb amputation transhumeral using a Computer Aided Design (CAD) was proposed. From this, the molds are designed with the particular characteristics required by the technique. The paper presents a mold cavity to produce parts in medium density polyethylene, rotomoulding grade Venelene 8305, offering a low cost solution for low and medium production scale.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114682636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Therapy device for hand joint movements","authors":"G. Moreno, Y. Sánchez, D. M. Rojas, M. Villamil","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568269","url":null,"abstract":"In order to contribute to the rehabilitation of people losing the ability to perform all or part of the upper limb joint movements, especially in hand at the level of the phalanges, carpal and wrist; caused by degenerative or traumatic diseases, in which affected the movements of flexion-extension, rotation; we designed a simple device for therapy, which allows the patient self-employment. Currently, angular measurement tests are conducted with adult patients without pathologies and with congenital and degenerative diseases of the hand, to create a model based on the needs of the adult population in Colombia.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133792635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O. Calderin, A. C. Díaz, A. Orjuela-Cañón, M. Lores, C. Legrá, L. Pérez
{"title":"Design and construction of the motor system for a gait trainer with step regulator planetary system without changing the gear pairs","authors":"O. Calderin, A. C. Díaz, A. Orjuela-Cañón, M. Lores, C. Legrá, L. Pérez","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568343","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents the design and construction of the motor system for a gait retraining equipment. The motor system involves coupling a Slide-skate mechanism to a planetary system consisting of two gears; joined together by two rotation pairs that ensure the successful operation of the couple ensemble. The planetary system was constructed in its simplest technological variant: based on a diameter of the gear pair to obtain a small step (200mm) to facilitate the process of gait retraining in patients with limited locomotion induced by neurological diseases and/or stroke. The coupling allows the regulation of the gait step without changing the gear pairs. The slide performs a similar work of radio-variable crank. The motor system was designed to ensure the continuous regulation of the step within the range of 200 to 450 mm while retrains normal gait without change gear pairs or altering the duration percentage of the two main phases of the human gait cycle.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130521195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Minimally invasive robotic surgery, a perspective from the technological surveillance","authors":"M. Ariza, N. Quiroga","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568239","url":null,"abstract":"Surgical treatment of localized cancer has proven to be a significant option in terms of oncological and functional results. Currently there are three approaches: open surgery, laparoscopic and robotic surgery. The latter underwent a technological surveillance exercise, this is a management tool that helps to reduce the risk of the high direction decisions, it develops in a series of stages: planning, search and capture, analysis and organization, intelligence and communication. Through this exercise, it was determined the evolution of technologies for robotic surgery and which ones are currently on the market, the variety of possible procedures within this approach and oncology applications, the scientific production of countries, institutions and the reflection of this in patent development; the following serve as protocol for decisionmaking.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"298 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133140042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. D. Lemos, A. M. Hernández, G. A. Marín, C. A. Sarmiento
{"title":"Development of a plantar pressure measuring system","authors":"J. D. Lemos, A. M. Hernández, G. A. Marín, C. A. Sarmiento","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568337","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an electronically enabled system that uses piezoresistive sensor arrays to acquire information from plantar pressure distribution. The system has been designed as a low-cost alternative to diagnostic equipment for orthotic insoles, biomechanical studies, and sports medicine. The system allows autonomous biomechanical analyses that include dynamic and static tests, with similar or even better features than those of commercial devices.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127931510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simulation of vision impairment with virtual imaging","authors":"R. Velázquez","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568208","url":null,"abstract":"This abstract introduces a system that intends to provide a reasonably accurate simulation of what is like to be visually impaired. Using virtual imaging, healthy sighted can experience different types of visual impairments such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, cataract, central and peripheral ring scotoma, among others. The system consists of a virtual reality helmet that immerses the user in a computer controlled environment. Steady images or real-time video can be projected on the helmet together with a selected visual impairment. The main goals of this project are to educate healthy sighted about low-vision and to provide a platform that recreates low-vision conditions for healthy sighted in order to test mobility and reading assistive devices.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129567208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of calcium-activated braking pathways in chemosensitive neurons","authors":"M. Quintero, J. Cordovez, R. Putnam","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568212","url":null,"abstract":"In this study we explore the role of Ca2+ -activated braking pathways in determining the response of central chemosensitive neurons to CO2/H+ using the Hodgkin-Huxley formulation. We develop a preliminary computational model of excitable single neurons that simulates the voltage-gated currents as well as the pH and Ca2+ sensitive K+ currents. This work yield valuable insights into the neuronal properties that determine chemosensitive gain and support the hypothesis that braking pathways may play a more significant role in setting single cell responses to CO2/H+ in central chemosensitive neurons. These results are thus likely to delineate the investigation about new therapeutic targets for drugs aimed at altering central chemosensitive gain for the treatment of major disorders.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127577246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luis Amado Rodriguez Gallardo, R. Leder, L. Fridman
{"title":"Sliding mode control for bilevel positive airway pressure: Advantages over PID control","authors":"Luis Amado Rodriguez Gallardo, R. Leder, L. Fridman","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568351","url":null,"abstract":"A bilevel positive airway pressure ventilator (BPAP) is employed as a pneumatic splint for the upper airway in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) treatment. In this research we developed a cascade control scheme for the BPAP ventilator using a sliding mode control, generalized super twisting algorithm (GST). The gain design and the GST algorithm analysis are done using Lyapunov functions. A mathematical model of the human respiratory system and the BPAP ventilator were developed to test the GST control, analyze, and simulate the response of a person in normal conditions, during apnea, and treated with BPAP.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"565 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127582704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Key aspects to implement a medical devices surveillance plan in health care institutions and brief overview of this process enhancement through risk management","authors":"Alessa Álvarez, Sebastián Roldán","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568318","url":null,"abstract":"Patient safety has become a topic of global concern and regulatory agencies of health systems in each country have taken steps to quality assurance in the health care services. Among these measures, the implementation of an institutional postmarket surveillance plan on medical devices is a key topic as there is a risk associated with the use of those medical devices. This paper presents a roadmap for the medical devices surveillance program implementation in a high complexity health care institution based on Colombian regulations, as well as a brief overview of the programs implemented by global leaders in this matter and an introduction to risk management in the medical devices postmarket surveillance.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120835493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Public health benefits by reduction of PM10 in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico","authors":"M. Reyna, M. L. Nava, M. E. Reyna","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568215","url":null,"abstract":"Mexicali is the most polluted in the country for particle matter less than 10 microns in diameter (PM10), which produces premature deaths and cardio-respiratory diseases. We present benefits in public health, for projecting control measures on the PM10. It was found that by reducing PM10 at 8% per year, would be avoided annually: 137 premature deaths, 563 emergency room visits for asthma exacerbation, 36 hospitalizations for asthma exacerbation, and 2,124,295 of restricted activity days.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124368810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}