Estimation of Injury by Falls for Risk Assessment of Robotic Care Devices

In order for manufacturers of robotic devices for nursing care to predict injury in accidents related to their products, risk assessments are carried out according to various standards e.g. ISO 12100. Probabilities of death, bone fracture and head injury are estimated by analysing data published in...

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Published inStudies in health technology and informatics Vol. 242; p. 542
Main Authors Matsumoto, Koji, Fujikawa, Tatsuo, Asano, Yoichi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands 2017
Subjects
Accidental Falls
Humans
Japan
Risk Assessment
Robotics
robots and robotics
Risk Assesment
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Summary:In order for manufacturers of robotic devices for nursing care to predict injury in accidents related to their products, risk assessments are carried out according to various standards e.g. ISO 12100. Probabilities of death, bone fracture and head injury are estimated by analysing data published in Japan and U.S.
ISSN:0926-9630
DOI:10.3233/978-1-61499-798-6-542