Title :
Development of a CPM Machine for Injured Fingers
Author :
Fu, Yili ; Zhang, Fuxiang ; Ma, Xin ; Meng, Qinggang
Author_Institution :
Robotics Inst., Harbin Inst. of Technol.
Abstract :
Human fingers are easy to be injured. A CPM machine is a mechanism based on the rehabilitation theory of continuous passive motion (CPM). To develop a CPM machine for the clinic application in the rehabilitation of injured fingers is a significant task. Therefore, based on the theories of evidence based medicine (EBM) and CPM, we´ve developed a set of biomimetic mechanism after modeling the motions of fingers and analyzing its kinematics and dynamics analysis. We also design an embedded operating system based on ARM (a kind of 32-bit RISC microprocessor). The equipment can achieve the precise control of moving scope of fingers, finger´s force and speed. It can serves as a rational checking method and a way of assessment for functional rehabilitation of human hands. Now, the first prototype has been finished and will start the clinical testing in Harbin Medical University shortly
Keywords :
biomechanics; medical control systems; patient rehabilitation; reduced instruction set computing; ARM; CPM machine; RISC microprocessor; biomimetic mechanism; continuous passive motion; dynamics analysis; embedded operating system; evidence based medicine; finger force; finger motions; finger speed; functional rehabilitation; injured fingers; kinematics analysis; rational checking method; Biomimetics; Fingers; Force control; Humans; Kinematics; Medical control systems; Microprocessors; Motion analysis; Operating systems; Reduced instruction set computing;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1615602
