A novel system to rapidly analyse the flexural rigidity of endoscopes used in colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy

Dogramadzi, Sanja; Bell, G D; Bicker, R; Burn, K

Authors

Sanja Dogramadzi Sanja.Dogramadzi@uwe.ac.uk@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Medical Robotics

G D Bell

R Bicker

K Burn

Citation

Dogramadzi, S., Bell, G. D., Bicker, R., & Burn, K. (2003). A novel system to rapidly analyse the flexural rigidity of endoscopes used in colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy. International Journal of Comadem, 6(4), 24-32

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jan 1, 2003
Journal	International Journal of Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management
Print ISSN	1363-7681
Peer Reviewed	Not Peer Reviewed
Volume	6
Issue	4
Pages	24-32
Keywords	rapid analysis, flexural rigidity, endoscopes, colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy
Related Public URLs	http://www.comadem.com/
Additional Information	Additional Information : Endoscopy is a clinical procedure that is daily used in hospitals in UK. Instruments presently used to carry out this, very often, life-saving routine, have not been studied in literature. In order to analyse forces and pressures exerted inside the body that often inflict pain and discomfort with patients, mechanical charactersitics of the endoscopy instruments are required. For that purpose, a mechatronics system has been designed to rapidly measure rigidity of endoscopy instruments at different temperatures. Results obtained from this study informed clinicians on possible source of errors in their practice and the instruments' manufacturers, with whom the authors collaborated, on improvements required in the instruments design.