ReviewAnnals of biomedical engineering2016
Artificial Muscle Devices: Innovations and Prospects for Fecal Incontinence Treatment.
Review in Annals of biomedical engineering, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Artificial sphincter with a new silicone band for treating faecal incontinence: IDEAL 2b prospective multicentre trial.BJS open · 2025Trial
- Bio-inspired circular soft actuators for simulating defecation process of human rectum.Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs · 2025Article
- Treatment of fecal incontinence-is there a light in the end of the tunnel?Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2025Review
- Problems with repairing gut sphincters malfunctions.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2024Article
- A Novel Sensor System for In Vivo Perception Reconstruction Based on Long Short-Term Memory Networks.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries: New Evidence and Perspectives.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Soft sensors for a sensing-actuation system with high bladder voiding efficiency.Science advances · 2020Article
- Effects of Extracorporeal Magnetic Stimulation in Fecal Incontinence.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Fecal incontinence describes the involuntary loss of bowel content, which is responsible for stigmatization and social exclusion. It affects about 45% of retirement home residents and overall more than 12% of the adult population. Severe fecal incontinence can be treated by the implantation of an artificial sphincter. Currently available implants, however, are not part of everyday surgery due to long-term re-operation rates of 95% and definitive explantation rates of 40%. Such figures suggest that the implants fail to reproduce the capabilities of the natural sphincter. This article reviews the artificial sphincters on the market and under development, presents their physical principles of operation and critically analyzes their performance. We highlight the geometrical and mechanical parameters crucial for the design of an artificial fecal sphincter and propose more advanced mechanisms of action for a biomimetic device with sensory feedback. Dielectric electro-active polymer actuators are especially attractive because of their versatility, response time, reaction forces, and energy consumption. The availability of such technology will enable fast pressure adaption comparable to the natural feedback mechanism, so that tissue atrophy and erosion can be avoided while maintaining continence during daily activities.
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