Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 05, 2019 - June 08, 2019
The final purpose of this research is to develop an echocardiography diagnostic robot. In previous research of echocardiography diagnostic robots, it could not secure sufficiently the safety of patients because of binding inspection posture by robots. This paper is aimed at presenting new postures for echocardiography diagnostic robots which are not bounded by robots and can keep the quality of the echo images. In order to find those, the examination was conducted with a doctor’s cooperation. As a result, new postures are suggested. Next in order to evaluate patient’s physical burden, the authors developed an inspection support structure by which patients can retain new postures. At last, the authors evaluated patient’s physical burden by the structure. As a result, new postures for echocardiography diagnostic robots in consideration of the quality of the echo images and patient’s physical bound are suggested.
