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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2023
Barron Associates, Inc., Charlottesville, VA (US);
Richard J. Adams, Punta Gorda, FL (US);
William T. Gressick, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Aaron B. Olowin, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Matthew Lichter, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Barron Associates, Inc., Charlottesville, VA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the presently described device, system and method support upper extremity therapy through a control device. In various embodiments, the control device is provided as a central hub with atomic elements extending outwardly thereof, and the control device can incorporate a movement interpretation circuit, a touch detection circuit and/or one or more sensory transducers. In various embodiments, the control device is interoperable with a valence, an external computing device and a display device. Embodiments of the external computing device are operable to render a graphical depiction of simulated objects in a virtual world upon receiving a transmission of sensed human grasping of one or more atomic elements.