A Meibomian Gland Massage Mechanism for Upper and Lower Eyelids Based on Anti-phase Rolling and Enveloping Movement

VernacularTitle:上下眼睑反相滚压及包络运动的睑板腺按摩机构
Author: Jianhuan ZHANG ¹ ; Yuan ZHOU ; Gonghao XU ; Xiong MA ; Yanping CHEN ; Wei LI
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1. 厦门大学机电工程系
Keywords: meibomian gland massage; anti-phase roling; enveloping movement; power evaluation
From: Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation 2014;(4):255-258,273
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: During the course of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) treatment, meibomian gland massage is an effective auxiliary method. Based on an extrusion method using anti-phase massage rolers and a theory on envelope plane, a massage mechanism was proposed in this paper for the defect of the traditional mechanical assist massage structure to discharge obstruction of Meibomian gland more smoothly and to enlarge massage coverage. Meanwhile, for the case that the power of motor was signifi cantly limited by size, an evaluation, about the input, output and loss, was carried out to initialy verify the feasibility of the designed mechanism.