Design of a Hand Exoskeleton Rehabilitation Device
| Periodical | Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 328 - 330) |
|---|---|
| Main Theme | Mechatronics and Materials Processing I |
| Edited by | Liangchi Zhang, Chunliang Zhang and Zichen Chen |
| Pages | 1778-1783 |
| DOI | 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.328-330.1778 |
| Citation | Qian Bi et al., 2011, Advanced Materials Research, 328-330, 1778 |
| Online since | September, 2011 |
| Authors | Qian Bi, Can Jun Yang |
| Keywords | Exoskeleton, Hand, Rehabilitation |
| Price | US$ 28,- |
As stroke is one of the most morbidity disease, some rehabilitation devices has been developed to solve the problem, but there isn’t maturation in hand. This paper presents a new hand exoskeleton rehabilitation device to improve the result of rehabilitation and help doctors to perfect theory about hand rehabilitation. We set 8 DOF in this three fingers device, with 2 active DOF and 1 coupled DOF in index or middle finger, 1 active DOF and 1 passive DOF in thumb. The 5 active DOF is driven by motors. The transmission consists of screw nut and multi-link mechanism. We control the device through a typical secondary control system. As this device is designed to help patients not only regain the range of flexion/extension but also complete some typical simple grasping movements. To substantiate the feasibility, an experiment has been carried out. Finally, Suggestions for improvement are given.
