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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2010
Brian Weinberg, San Diego, CA (US);
Paolo Bonato, Somerville, MA (US);
Ozer Unluhisarcikli, Allston, MA (US);
Mark Sivak, Boston, MA (US);
Constantinos Mavroidis, Arlington, MA (US);
Anat Mirelman, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Lucas Daniel Johnson, Edmonds, WA (US);
Nicholas J. Pappas, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Kyle Thomas Hackmeister, Williamsport, PA (US);
Daniel T. Lau, Waban, MA (US);
Brian Weinberg, San Diego, CA (US);
Paolo Bonato, Somerville, MA (US);
Ozer Unluhisarcikli, Allston, MA (US);
Mark Sivak, Boston, MA (US);
Constantinos Mavroidis, Arlington, MA (US);
Anat Mirelman, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Lucas Daniel Johnson, Edmonds, WA (US);
Nicholas J. Pappas, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Kyle Thomas Hackmeister, Williamsport, PA (US);
Daniel T. Lau, Waban, MA (US);
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
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.