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Development of power assisting suit for assisting nurse labor

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YAMAMOTO, Keijiro, HYODO, Kazuhito, ISHII, Mineo, MATSUO, Takashi·2002·JSME International Journal Series C

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In order to realize a power assisting suit for assisting a nurse caring a patient in her arm, a hardness sensor of muscle using load cell and a pneumatic rotary actuator utilizing pressure cuffs have been developed. The power assisting suit consists of shoulders, arms, waist and legs made of aluminum, and is fitted on the nurse body. The power assisting suit is originated with the concept of a master and slave system in one body. The arms, waist and legs have the pneumatic rotary actuators. The pneumatic rotary actuators are constructed with pressure cuffs sandwiched between thin plates. The action of the arms, waist and legs of the nurse are sensed with the muscle hardness sensor utilizing load cell with diaphragm mounted on a sensing tip. The dent of the sensing tip corresponds to the hardness of the muscle so that exerting muscle force produces electric signal. This paper gives the design and characteristics of the power assisting suit using the cuff type pneumatic rotary actuators and the muscle hardness sensor verifying its practicability.

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Authors
YAMAMOTO, K., HYODO, K., ISHII, M., & MATSUO, T.
Affiliations
Kanagawa Institute of Technology (JP)
Venue
JSME International Journal Series C
Published
2002
Volume
45
Issue
3
Pages
703-711
ISSN
  • 1344-7653 (ISSN-L)
  • 1347-538X
OpenAlex
W2029188366
Cited by
169
References
9
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 12
FWCI
3.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
JSME International Journal Series C (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Muscle activation and electromyography studies
Keywords
load cell, diaphragm sensor, master-slave architecture, wearable exoskeleton, patient handling

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