口腔ケアシミュレータおよびその手技記録ソフトウェアの第二プロトタイプ開発

―センサ部の生体類似度向上と記録装置の小型化―

抄録

Recently in aged society, the role of oral care is getting larger and larger because keeping oral health can bring aged people higher quality of life. So it is quite important to develop an educational environment in order to bring up nurses have practical oral care skills. In order to serve students in nursing an effective oral care training environment, we have been developing an oral care simulator. This paper describes the second prototype of the oral care simulator and its software. The system consists of 3 components; denture models with pressure sensors printed by 3D printer, a micro computer performs A/D conversion for signals, and a software visualizes recorded data. Many improvements from the 1st prototype are made including increased similarity to real human, and downsized devices. Calibration for the sensors was conducted, and we found more improvements for accurate detection of brush stroke weight are needed for practicality.