TY - GEN
T1 - A novel, MRI compatible hand exoskeleton for finger rehabilitation
AU - Tang, Zhen Jin
AU - Sugano, Shigeki
AU - Iwata, Hiroyasu
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - Robotic technology can be used to effectively regain the previous dexterity of stroke patients in clinical therapy. At the same time, brain images taken with MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) are important for new rehabilitation treatments, and therefore it is useful to develop MRI compatible robot. With these ideas in mind, a novel, MRI compatible finger rehabilitation device was created (Fig.1.). It was also designed to be usable by many different people: it can be adjusted to different finger knuckles, and also the gap between one finger to another can be easily changed. By using an ultrasonic motor as its actuator, the device has been designed to be portable, with a high torque output. It enables the client to do extension and flexion rehabilitation exercises in two degrees of freedom (DOF) for each finger. Finally, several experiments have been carried out to evaluate the performance of the device.
AB - Robotic technology can be used to effectively regain the previous dexterity of stroke patients in clinical therapy. At the same time, brain images taken with MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) are important for new rehabilitation treatments, and therefore it is useful to develop MRI compatible robot. With these ideas in mind, a novel, MRI compatible finger rehabilitation device was created (Fig.1.). It was also designed to be usable by many different people: it can be adjusted to different finger knuckles, and also the gap between one finger to another can be easily changed. By using an ultrasonic motor as its actuator, the device has been designed to be portable, with a high torque output. It enables the client to do extension and flexion rehabilitation exercises in two degrees of freedom (DOF) for each finger. Finally, several experiments have been carried out to evaluate the performance of the device.
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U2 - 10.1109/SII.2011.6147430
DO - 10.1109/SII.2011.6147430
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84857578538
SN - 9781457715235
T3 - 2011 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, SII 2011
SP - 118
EP - 123
BT - 2011 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, SII 2011
T2 - 2011 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, SII 2011
Y2 - 20 December 2011 through 22 December 2011
ER -