Creating a Unique Rehabilitation Robot
From: Medical Product Manufacturing News - May 2006 - page 20
By: Joyce Laird

Taking products that are available on the market and using them to create
something new and better is the foundation of the best in medical device
design technology. That is what happened when Jules Dewald, PhD, associate
professor of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Physical Medicine,
and Rehabilitation and Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University
(Chicago, IL), and Wim Lam, the owner and general manager of Lam Design
Management (Orchard Park, NY), joined forces to develop a new type of robotic
system for use in the rehabilitation of stroke victims’ limbs. 

Caption:
The ARC3D system consists of the modified Haptic Master with Biodex chair.
The subject’s arm weight is supported to allow free movement. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.devicelink.com/mpmn/archive/06/05/018.html

Links:
Julius Dewald, PT, PhD
http://www.nupt.northwestern.edu/Root2003/Research/ResearchDewald.htm
http://www.nupt.northwestern.edu/Root2003/Faculty/dewald.htm

Neuroimaging & Motor Control Laboratory
http://www.smpp.northwestern.edu/neuroimaging/NMC_Home.html
http://www.smpp.northwestern.edu/neuroimaging/NMC_People.htm