An intelligent robotic system for early mobilization and rehabilitation

在密集手术、中风或其他神经疾病后，患者的早期动员是他们成功康复的重要因素。有证据表明，早期的简单做法可以减少住院天数，这是一项主要的医疗保健成本。由于福尔斯跌倒的几率很高，且需要密集的工作人员，因此大多数符合条件的北美患者不接受这种简单的治疗。卡尔顿大学的高级生物机械电子学和运动（ABL）实验室发明了一种名为GaitEnable（GE）的新机器人技术，该技术可以解决早期动员实践所面临的主要问题，因为它降低了跌倒的风险，工作人员受伤的风险以及所需工作人员的数量。GaitEnable基于其移动的机器人全方位底座和主动跌倒预防，预计将影响早期动员（EM）和步态康复（GR）实践，每个实践在北美都有超过5，000，000名患者。

Early mobilization of patients after an intensive surgery, stroke, or other neural illness is an important factor in their successful recovery. Evidence shows that simple practices early on can reduce the hospitalization days as a major healthcare cost. With the high chance of falls and intensive staff requirements, majority of the eligible North American patients do not receive this simple therapy. A new robotic technology, called GaitEnable (GE), has been invented at Carleton University's Advanced Biomechatronics and Locomotion (ABL) laboratory, which can address the main issues faced by the early mobilization practice, in that it lowers the risk of fall, risk of staff injury, and the number of required staff. GaitEnable, based on its mobile robotic omni-directional base and active fall prevention, is expected to impact the early mobilization (EM) and the gait rehabilitation (GR) practice, each with over 5,000,000 patients in North America.