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- Title
Replication of Radial Pulses Using Magneto-Rheological Fluids.
- Authors
Eaton, Miranda; Koo, Jeong-Hoi; Yang, Tae-Heon; Kim, Young-Min
- Abstract
The radial pulse is a critical health marker with expanding applications in wearable technology. To improve these applications, developing a pulse generator that consistently produces realistic pulses is crucial for validation and training. The goal of this study was to design and test a cost-effective pulse simulator that can accurately replicate a wide range of age-dependent radial pulses with simplicity and precision. To this end, this study incorporated a magneto-rheological (MR) fluid device into a cam-based pulse simulator. The MR device, as a key component, enables pulse shaping without the need for additional cams, substantially reducing the cost and complexity of control compared with existing pulse simulators. To evaluate the performance of the MR pulse simulator, the root-mean-square (RMS) error criterion (less than 5%) was used to compare the experimentally obtained pulse waveform with the in vivo pulse waveform for specific age groups. After demonstrating that the MR simulator could produce three representative in vivo pulses, a parametric study was conducted to show the feasibility of the slope-based pulse-shaping method for the MR pulse simulator to continuously generate a range of age-related pulses.
- Subjects
PULSE generators; WEARABLE technology; COST control; AGE groups; TEST design; ELECTROMAGNETIC pulses
- Publication
Micromachines, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 8, p1010
- ISSN
2072-666X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/mi15081010