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Multiple degree of freedom rehabilitation system having a smart fluid-based, multi-mode actuator

US9403056B2 · kind B2 · utility

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31Claims

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Assignees

Northwestern University · US
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Corporation · US

Inventors

Brian Weinberg · Town of West Hartford, US
Paolo Bonato · Somerville, US
Ozer Unluhisarcikli · Brookline, US
Mark Sivak · Boston, US
Constantinos Mavroidis · Arlington, US
Anat Mirelman · Ramat Gan, IL
Lucas Daniel Johnson · Edmonds, US
Nicholas J. Pappas · Westport, US
Kyle Thomas Hackmeister · Williamsport, US
Daniel T. Lau · Burlington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 22, 2010
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 1, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA63B2071/0638
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A rehabilitation system that combines robotics and interactive gaming to facilitate performance of task-specific, repetitive, upper extremity/hand motor tasks, to enable individuals undergoing rehabilitation to improve the performance of coordinated movements of the forearm and hand is disclosed. More specifically, the rehabilitation system includes a two degree-of-freedom (DOF) robotic, upper limb rehabilitation system and interactive gaming hardware that is coupled to a computer, to provide a virtual reality-like environment.

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