SBIR Phase I: Patient Digital Twin and Performance Capture System for Scoliosis Physiotherapy

SBIR 第一阶段：用于脊柱侧弯物理治疗的患者数字孪生和表现捕捉系统

• 批准号: 2136086
• 负责人: Zhiqing Cheng
• 金额: $ 25.57万
• 依托单位: INNOVISION, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-01-15 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2136086&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Patient; Digital; Twin

The broader impact /commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project focuses on scoliosis physiotherepy. Physiotherapy Scoliosis Specific Exercises (PSSEs) have been proved effective in treating scoliosis patients; However, PSSE effectiveness can be significantly reduced due to inappropriate planning, unclear requirements, and poor compliance. This project seeks to develop a hardware-software integrated system which employs a synthetic, immersive environment for physiotherapists and patients to conduct PSSEs effectively. The technology may save costs for patients, expand services for clinics, and improve the outcomes of scoliosis physiotherapy. The commercialization of the technology will be conducted via business to business and business to customer mechanisms.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project focuses on the development a hardware-software integrated system which employs a patient digital twin (PDT) and a performance capture system to create a synthetic, immersive environment for physiotherapists and patients to utilize telehealth communication between physiotherapists and scoliosis patients. The technology seeks to improve the accuracy and completeness of diagnosis and assessment, optimize physiotherapy design and planning, facilitate effective patient communication and education, and help patients to perform physiotherapeutic exercises according to instructions and compliance requirements. By using PDT, the diagnosis of scoliosis and assessment of spine deformity can be performed in 3D space thus improving the completeness of assessment and the design of PSSEs. By building a light-weight performance capture system, body shape, pose, and motion can be captured in 3D space in real time. The teams seeks to represent the prescribed PSSEs in 3D games by animating the PDT with motion captured during clinic practice. In this way, the actual poses and motions of a patient during home exercise can be monitored, evaluated, and used to instruct with adjusted 3D games as reference. The goal of Phase I is to demonstrate the technical and commercial feasibility of the proposed innovation, which will be accomplished through a technical feasibility study, initial prototyping, and a commercial feasibility demonstration.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力侧重于脊柱侧弯的生理功能。物理治疗脊柱侧弯特殊练习(PSSE)已被证明对治疗脊柱侧弯患者有效；然而，由于计划不当、要求不明确和依从性差，PSSE的有效性可能会显著降低。该项目旨在开发一种硬件-软件集成系统，该系统采用综合的、身临其境的环境，供物理治疗师和患者有效地进行PSSE。该技术可以为患者节省成本，扩大对临床的服务，并改善脊柱侧弯物理治疗的结果。该技术的商业化将通过企业对企业和企业对客户的机制进行。这项小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目专注于开发一个硬件-软件集成系统，该系统采用患者数字双胞胎(PDT)和性能捕获系统，为物理治疗师和患者创造一个身临其境的合成环境，以利用物理治疗师和脊柱侧弯患者之间的远程健康通信。该技术旨在提高诊断和评估的准确性和完整性，优化理疗设计和规划，促进有效的患者沟通和教育，并帮助患者根据说明和遵从性要求进行理疗练习。利用PDT，可以在三维空间进行脊柱侧弯的诊断和脊柱畸形的评估，从而提高评估的完整性和PSSES的设计。通过构建一个轻量级的性能捕获系统，可以在3D空间中实时捕获身体形状、姿势和运动。这些团队寻求在3D游戏中代表指定的PSSE，通过在临床实践中捕获的运动来设置PDT的动画。这样，患者在家中锻炼时的实际姿势和动作就可以被监测、评估，并以调整后的3D游戏为参考来指导。第一阶段的目标是证明拟议创新的技术和商业可行性，这将通过技术可行性研究、初始原型和商业可行性论证来实现。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。