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Automated Growing Rod for the Treatment of Juvenile Scoliosis

Ross, Lewis Tyson
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1332377779

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2012, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Dayton, Electrical Engineering.
Severe scoliosis, when detected in a juvenile, can be treated and upon conclusion of the treatment, will result in a spine with little or no curvature. However, this treatment requires the child to undergo surgery where a device known as a growing rod is implanted on the spine of the juvenile. After the initial surgery the child then returns every six months to have the rods "lengthened" approximately one centimeter to keep up with the child's growth. The purpose of this project is to develop an automated growing rod system using an on-board microprocessor for treatment feedback control. The ultimate goal of the design of the automated growing rod is to limit or remove the requirement of a patient to undergo surgery for rod adjustments by the physician. Utilizing new control technology and hardware design, juvenile scoliosis can be treated in a non-invasive fashion with the efficacy that the current growing rod treatment provides, while reducing cost and improving treatment control. This study has designed and built a test automated growing rod system, demonstrated system functionality, and shown that the system is realizable in an ex-situ lab environment.
John G. Weber, PhD (Advisor)
106 p.
Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical Research; Engineering
Growing rod; Juvenile scoliosis; Bone lengthening; Implant

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  • Ross, L. T. (2012). Automated Growing Rod for the Treatment of Juvenile Scoliosis [Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1332377779

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ross, Lewis. Automated Growing Rod for the Treatment of Juvenile Scoliosis. 2012. University of Dayton, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1332377779.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ross, Lewis. "Automated Growing Rod for the Treatment of Juvenile Scoliosis." Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1332377779

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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