Design Approach of Medical Devices for Regulation Compatibility: A Robotic Rehabilitation Case Study

Formicola, Raffaele; Ragni, Federica; Mor, Maurizio; Bissolotti, Luciano; Amici, Cinzia

doi:10.5220/0010402801460153

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“…This attention could be partly justified by the known relevance that the subject's motivation plays in the rehabilitation path, especially in case of neurologic damages (as stroke events); a good acceptability of the device by the subject would surely ease the adoption of the system, reducing the risk of abandon. According to these considerations, in the last years the design of medical devices is paying particular attention to the integration of the concepts of ergonomics and usability since the early stages of the design process [112], and this approach is being further supported by the current evolutions in regulations and normative frameworks for this field [113].…”

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Soft Gloves: A Review on Recent Developments in Actuation, Sensing, Control and Applications

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Amici

2022

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Interest in soft gloves, both robotic and haptic, has enormously grown over the past decade, due to their inherent compliance, which makes them particularly suitable for direct interaction with the human hand. Robotic soft gloves have been developed for hand rehabilitation, for ADLs assistance, or sometimes for both. Haptic soft gloves may be applied in virtual reality (VR) applications or to give sensory feedback in combination with prostheses or to control robots. This paper presents an updated review of the state of the art of soft gloves, with a particular focus on actuation, sensing, and control, combined with a detailed analysis of the devices according to their application field. The review is organized on two levels: a prospective review allows the highlighting of the main trends in soft gloves development and applications, and an analytical review performs an in-depth analysis of the technical solutions developed and implemented in the revised scientific research. Additional minor evaluations integrate the analysis, such as a synthetic investigation of the main results in the clinical studies and trials referred in literature which involve soft gloves.

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Soft Gloves: A Review on Recent Developments in Actuation, Sensing, Control and Applications

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2022

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“…The realization of an embedded payload solution involves a set of requirements, including mandatory specifications and desiderata, as well as constraints and possible additional elements arising from untold needs that should be considered from the early stages of the design process [42,43].…”

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Embedded Payload Solutions in UAVs for Medium and Small Package Delivery

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Investigations about the feasibility of delivery systems with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones have been recently expanded, owing to the exponential demand for goods to be delivered in the recent years, which has been further increased by the COVID-19 pandemic. UAV delivery can provide new contactless delivery strategies, in addition to applications for medical items, such as blood, medicines, or vaccines. The safe delivery of goods is paramount for such applications, which is facilitated if the payload is embedded in the main drone body. In this paper, we investigate payload solutions for medium and small package delivery (up to 5 kg) with a medium-sized UAV (maximum takeoff of less than 25 kg), focusing on (i) embedded solutions (packaging hosted in the drone fuselage), (ii) compatibility with transportation of medical items, and (iii) user-oriented design (usability and safety). We evaluate the design process for possible payload solutions, from an analysis of the package design (material selection, shape definition, and product industrialization) to package integration with the drone fuselage (possible solutions and comparison of quick-release systems). We present a prototype for an industrialized package, a right prism with an octagonal section made of high-performance double-wall cardboard, and introduce a set of concepts for a quick-release system, which are compared with a set of six functional parameters (mass, realization, accessibility, locking, protection, and resistance). Further analyses are already ongoing, with the aim of integrating monitoring and control capabilities into the package design to assess the condition of the delivered goods during transportation.

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“…Robotic rehabilitation provides repetitive, flexible and customizable exercises that complement physiotherapist work, aimed at the functional recovery of patients who report impairments or disorders deriving, e.g., from stroke, brain or spinal cord injuries (SCI), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), orthopaedic surgery, or cerebral palsy (CP) [ 2 ]. Further significant advantages are associated with the use of robotic devices in rehabilitation, including, e.g., intense repetitive training, performing at home rehabilitation with remote control, automatically adjusting the device support based on the patient progressive recovery [ 3 , 4 ], increasing the patient engagement through computerized activities proposed in the form of games, monitoring progress through the assessment of outcomes in an objective way [ 5 ] and reducing the overall cost of rehabilitative care given the aging of our society [ 6 , 7 ].…”

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Sensors and Actuation Technologies in Exoskeletons: A Review

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Exoskeletons are robots that closely interact with humans and that are increasingly used for different purposes, such as rehabilitation, assistance in the activities of daily living (ADLs), performance augmentation or as haptic devices. In the last few decades, the research activity on these robots has grown exponentially, and sensors and actuation technologies are two fundamental research themes for their development. In this review, an in-depth study of the works related to exoskeletons and specifically to these two main aspects is carried out. A preliminary phase investigates the temporal distribution of scientific publications to capture the interest in studying and developing novel ideas, methods or solutions for exoskeleton design, actuation and sensors. The distribution of the works is also analyzed with respect to the device purpose, body part to which the device is dedicated, operation mode and design methods. Subsequently, actuation and sensing solutions for the exoskeletons described by the studies in literature are analyzed in detail, highlighting the main trends in their development and spread. The results are presented with a schematic approach, and cross analyses among taxonomies are also proposed to emphasize emerging peculiarities.

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Design Approach of Medical Devices for Regulation Compatibility: A Robotic Rehabilitation Case Study

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Soft Gloves: A Review on Recent Developments in Actuation, Sensing, Control and Applications

Soft Gloves: A Review on Recent Developments in Actuation, Sensing, Control and Applications

Embedded Payload Solutions in UAVs for Medium and Small Package Delivery

Sensors and Actuation Technologies in Exoskeletons: A Review

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