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Automatic switching and guidance system to facilitate unassisted uroflowmetry using commercial electronic devices
Author(s) -
TERAI AKITO,
UEDA NOBUFUMI,
UTSUNOMIYA NORIAKI,
KOHEI NAOKI,
AOYAMA TERUYOSHI,
INOUE KOJI
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01478.x
Subject(s) - medicine , spinning , motion sensors , infrared , computer science , computer vision , mechanical engineering , optics , physics , engineering
To enable male patients to undergo uroowmetry in a private condition without medical supervision, we devised an automatic switching and patient guidance system for the spinning disk uroowmeter Urodyn 1000, using two commercial electronic devices (an infrared motion sensor tap and a memorizable vacuum uorescent display). Instead of running the uroowmeter continuously, which shortens the life of the spinning disk due to mechanical wear, an infrared motion sensor turns on the devices each time a patient enters the room. The patient urinates according to the timely instructions on the visible display and voided urine directly ows into a urinal. The devices are automatically turned off 5 min after the patient leaves the room. With the use of our system, men already acquainted with uroowmetry could perform self‐administered uroowmetry any time in private. The system was considered useful for improving the quality of patient service.