I-Corps: Cyber Physical System for Telehealth for Seniors with Cognitive Impairments

I-Corps项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是开发一种技术，以便更好地在远程保健中重新引入人性化，并提高护理的总体质量。大多数远程医疗公司都专注于提供便捷的物流。在咨询准确性方面投入的努力较少。这项拟议的技术使用物联网（IoT）传感，通过测量温度、血压和根据专业的特定输入，实现更精确的医疗诊断。神经肌肉疾病的诊断和监测依赖于细致入微的体格检查。大多数神经科医生都不熟悉远程医疗在中风和运动障碍方面的潜在应用。这项提议的技术可以提供对可变弱点的改进评估，增加患者监测和教育，减少诊所就诊的负担和成本，并增加患者的就诊机会。I-Corps项目基于网络物理和社区系统的开发，该系统使用计算机视觉、机器人技术和非侵入性认知评估工具来解决神经肌肉疾病的远程医疗使用问题。这项技术包括一个远程医疗平台，该平台由患者的数字孪生体增强，帮助进行诊断测试。这个系统可以让医生专注于做笔记，与病人互动，并为他们的病人得到更准确的诊断。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of a technology to better reintroduce the human touch in telehealth and improve the general quality of care. Most telehealth companies have focused on providing convenient logistics. Less effort has been devoted to consultation accuracy. This proposed technology uses Internet of Things (IoT) sensing to enable a more precise medical diagnosis, with measurement of temperature, blood pressure, and specific inputs depending on the specialty. Diagnosis and monitoring of neuromuscular disorders rely on a nuanced physical examination. Most neurologists are unfamiliar with telemedicine's potential use for stroke and movement disorders. This proposed technology may provide improved assessments of variable weaknesses, increase patient monitoring and education, reduce the burden and cost of clinic visits, and increase patient access.This I-Corps project is based on the development of a cyber-physical and community system that address the use of telemedicine for neuromuscular disorders using computer vision, robotics, and non-invasive cognitive assessment tools. This technology includes a telehealth platform augmented by a digital twin of the patient that assists with diagnostic testing. This system lets doctors focus on taking notes, interacting with the patient, and getting more accurate diagnosis for their patients.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.