title: A servo-mechanical bladder dynamic simulator.
abstract: A method is described for the physical simulation of the dynamic behaviour of the urinary bladder. It has been found that the model can be controlled to an arbitrary pressure-volume characteristic essentially independent of the properties of the bladder material. Characteristic relationships between pressure and flow rate have also been observed in studies of the bladder, and this behaviour is also amenable to simulation.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ackerman
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Coveney
mesh_terms: D000826:Animal Testing Alternatives; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D011312:Pressure; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000502:physiology*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014554:Urination / Q000502:physiology*