Title: A metallic strain gauge-based experimental study of an analytic method for detection of urinary bladder dysfunction

Authors: Anupam Das; Anudyoti Deb; Tapas Kumar Basak; Arindita Saha

Addresses: Electrical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura, India ' Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura, India ' Electrical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura, India ' Tripura Medical College & Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital, Hapania, Tripura, India

Abstract: Urinary bladder dysfunction is a major problem, affecting millions worldwide and causing major devastating medical conditions. The urinary bladder dysfunction not only leads to loss of control over the bladder muscles, but also affects the kidney and its functioning. This paper deals with an experimental approach towards the use of metallic strain gauge that produces an appreciable change in resistance with change in volume of urine in the bladder which can be used to study the dysfunction.

Keywords: metallic strain gauges; urinary bladder dysfunction; resistance change; residual volume; urine volume.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2015.066974

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2015 Vol.17 No.1, pp.83 - 98

Received: 25 Jul 2014
Accepted: 10 Oct 2014
Published online: 18 Jan 2015 *

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