AIMC Topic: Moving and Lifting Patients

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[Robot-assisted nephroureterectomy requiring no robot redocking or patient repositioning: experience from a single center with 62 cases].

Zhonghua wai ke za zhi [Chinese journal of surgery]
To examine a new technique of robot-assisted nephroureterectomy without robot reldocking or patient repositioning. Patients diagnosed as upper tract urothelial carcinoma treated with this modality between November 2015 and January 2019 at Departmen...

Lateral Transfer Assist Robot (LTAR): Development of a proof-of-concept prototype.

Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
BACKGROUND: Falls during transfer to and from a wheelchair are associated with numerous problems. Factors responsible for difficulty in transferring include horizontal/vertical gaps between surfaces; obstacles, such as armrests; and complicated brake...

Assessment of Usability and Task Load Demand Using a Robot-Assisted Transfer Device Compared With a Hoyer Advance for Dependent Wheelchair Transfers.

American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation
OBJECTIVE: Manual lifting can be burdensome for people who care for power wheelchair users. Although technologies used for dependent transfers are helpful, they have shortcomings of their own. This study compares the usability and task load demand of...