Mechanical Design of a Bioinspired Compliant Robotic Wrist Rehabilitation Equipment

Applied Sciences

Tudor Deaconescu¹  Andrea Deaconescu¹  Ovidiu Filip² 

[1] Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500036 Brasov, Romania;SC Geometric SRL Brasov, 500386 Brasov, Romania;

关键词: wrist rehabilitation equipment;    Fin-Ray effect;    pneumatic muscle;   

DOI  :  10.3390/app11031246

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Early social reintegration of patients with disabilities of the wrist is possible with the help of dedicated rehabilitation equipment. Using such equipment reduces the duration of recovery and reduces significantly rehabilitation costs. Based on these considerations the paper puts forward a novel constructive solution of rehabilitation equipment that ensures the simultaneous passive mobilization of the radiocarpal, metacarpophalangeal, and interphalangeal joints. The novelty of this equipment consists in the bioinspired concept of the hand support based on the Fin-Ray effect and in driving it by means of a pneumatic muscle, an inherently compliant actuator. The paper places an emphasis on the compliant character of the rehabilitation equipment that is responsible for its adaptability to the concrete conditions of patient pain tolerability.

【 授权许可】

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