title: [Design of an electronic leech].
abstract: This research presents the development of a continual suction electromechanical device (CSED) which emulates the feeding characteristics of a medicinal leech to drain body fluids. After the research, design and building of the device, its performance in normal conditions with fluids of different viscosity was evaluated. Finally, the device was submitted to a test of blood draining in three adult male rabbits NZW with a weight of three kilograms, obtaining drain.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Biomecánica. Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación.
authors.forename: Pedro Alejandro
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lomelí-Mejía
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Domínguez-Rubio
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Espinosa-Gutiérrez
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lecona-Butrón
authors.forename: Reynaldo Manuel
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Reyna
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000378:metabolism; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D007865:Leeches; D024763:Leeching / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D014783:Viscosity