I-Corps: Robotic system for physical rehabilitation

I-Corps：用于身体康复的机器人系统

• 批准号: 1745306
• 负责人: Juergen Konczak
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-10-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1745306&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Robotic; system; physical; rehabilitation

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project concerns the rehabilitation of movement deficits due to disease or injury. Commercially, the project falls within the rehabilitation robot market, specifically the segment that addresses neurological rehabilitation. Currently, available robotic rehabilitation technology focuses mainly on the recovery of motor function after stroke and restricts patient motion to a single plane. This project involves a robotic device that extends the scope of current rehabilitation robots by a) allowing unrestricted 3D movement, and b) incorporating somatosensory in addition to motor training methods. The commercial potential of this I-Corps project is not restricted to clinics specializing on stroke rehabilitation. The device can be used on a broad disease spectrum that includes stroke, but can be extended to patients with Parkinson's disease, dystonia, and traumatic brain injuries.This I-Corps project further develops a robotic rehabilitation device that seeks to improve wrist/hand function. The robot comprises a series of motors that can passively move the human wrist/hand, or assist/resist active human wrist motion. It allows for unrestricted 3-dimensional motion while precisely recording wrist joint motion. The system is integrated with a visual virtual reality environment that can provide movement feedback and can serve as an interface for visual-based training regimes. The technology has been tested in over 300 human users aged 18-82 years. It has been applied to assess sensory and motor dysfunction in stroke survivors and patients with Parkinson's disease. Test-retest reliability and validity of its outcome measures has been established.

这个I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力涉及因疾病或受伤造成的运动缺陷的康复。从商业角度来看，该项目福尔斯康复机器人市场，特别是解决神经康复问题的部分。目前，现有的机器人康复技术主要集中在中风后运动功能的恢复上，并将患者的运动限制在单个平面上。该项目涉及一种机器人设备，该设备通过a）允许不受限制的3D运动，以及B）除了运动训练方法之外还结合体感，扩展了当前康复机器人的范围。这个I-Corps项目的商业潜力不仅限于专门从事中风康复的诊所。该设备可用于广泛的疾病谱，包括中风，但可以扩展到帕金森病，肌张力障碍和创伤性脑损伤的患者。这个I-Corps项目进一步开发了一个机器人康复设备，旨在改善手腕/手功能。机器人包括一系列电机，可以被动地移动人的手腕/手，或辅助/抵抗主动的人的手腕运动。它允许不受限制的三维运动，同时精确记录腕关节运动。该系统与视觉虚拟现实环境集成，可以提供运动反馈，并可以作为基于视觉的训练机制的接口。该技术已在300多名18-82岁的人类用户中进行了测试。它已被应用于评估中风幸存者和帕金森病患者的感觉和运动功能障碍。结果测量的重测信度和效度已经建立。