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The wear tightness of an orthosis for the treatment of scoliosis varies greatly during daily activities. Currently, there is no commercially available product that can monitor force distribution inside the brace and the time that the othosis is worn during daily activities. Subjective feeling is the most commonly used method. To provide an objective measure, a battery-powered wireless personal wearable network system is developed. This system consists of up to 16 wireless force loggers and a USB ZigBee dongle. Each logger contains a force sensor and a wireless unit. The whole system records how much time the orthosis has been used and how loads distribute inside the orthoses. Laboratory tests have been performed; the maximum force measurement error is +/-0.02N and the resolution is 0.1N. The average power consumption of the system is 0.3mW/h and thus a single AAA-sized alkaline battery is able to support the power for 6 months.
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PMID:A wireless personal wearable network system to understand the biomechanics of orthotic for the treatment of scoliosis. 1916 45

A 63-year-old man presented with an asymptomatic infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. He had scoliosis and atrophic right leg change as sequelae of poliomyelitis. The patient was not a candidate for endovascular aneurysm repair because of anatomic unsuitability. An open surgical repair was performed by the retroperitoneal approach because of severe scoliosis and left lateral aneurysm deviation. To minimize contralateral exposure, the Viabahn stent graft (W. L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, Ariz) was inserted in the right external iliac artery and anastomosed with the right expanded polytetrafluoroethylene graft limb. I report the successful hybrid repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm using the modified Viabahn open revascularization technique.
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PMID:Hybrid repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient with poliomyelitis-related deformities. 2924 68