Robotic glove helps hand-impaired patients grasp objects independently
From: ECN - 06/05/2015

A soft robotic glove under development by Conor Walsh, and a team of
engineers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences (SEAS) and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
could someday help people suffering from loss of hand motor control to regain
some of their daily independence.

Walsh's team adapted the mechanics of the glove to make it more comfortable
and natural feeling to wearers. Over several iterations of design, the
actuators powering the movements of the glove were made smaller and were
modified to distribute forces more evenly over the wearer’s fingers and thumb.

For patients suffering from muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS), and incomplete spinal cord injury, the soft robotic glove could allow
them to regain some of their daily independence through robotic
glove-assisted hand functions.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.ecnmag.com/news/2015/06/robotic-glove-helps-hand-impaired-patients-grasp-objects-independently

Links:
Medical Device Design Course
http://mdi.seas.harvard.edu/es227

Conor Walsh
http://www.seas.harvard.edu/directory/walsh

Harvard Biodesign Lab
http://biodesign.seas.harvard.edu/

Soft robotic glove for combined assistance and at-home rehabilitation
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921889014001729

Soft Robotic Glove Puts Control in the Grasp of Hand-Impaired Patients
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/06/soft-robotic-glove-puts-control-grasp-hand-impaired-patients

Robotic Glove Gives Hand-Impaired Patients a Better Grasp
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/06/robotic-glove-gives-hand-impaired-patients-better-grasp

Soft Robotic Glove Could Put Daily Life within Patients’ Grasp
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/538181/soft-robotic-glove-could-put-daily-life-within-patients-grasp