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Powered Leg Prosthesis with a Unified Joint Actuator Design (Knee & Ankle)
Problem: Existing lower-limb prostheses are mostly unpowered, i.e., cannot supply power to support users’ walking. As such, amputees fitted with unpowered prostheses suffer from many problems such as unnatural walking and increase energy consumption. Although powered prostheses have appeared on the market, they are still heavy and expensive....
Published: 4/17/2024   |   Inventor(s): Xiangrong Shen, Md Rayhan Afsar, Md Rejwanul Haque
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare, Technology Classifications > Lifestyle & Leisure
Smart Sensor Shoelace Tensioning Device for Human Motion
­The Problem: There are limitations in the accuracy and convenience of wearable smart sensors, which are predominantly wrist-based, and fail to accurately assess lower-limb motion. This provides unreliable estimations of wearer activity and energy expenditure. Standalone inertia measurement units, which offer an alternative, are inconveniently...
Published: 10/25/2023   |   Inventor(s): Xiangrong Shen, Edward Sazonov, Md Rejwanul Haque
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare, Technology Classifications > Lifestyle & Leisure
Powered Assistive Device for Stair Mobility
The Problem: As a result of the growing elderly population, there is a need to provide new technology that will assist these individuals and allow them to support themselves and live alone. Current methods of stair mobility consist mainly of seated chair lifts, which are expensive to purchase and install, take up valuable space in the stairways, and...
Published: 2/27/2023   |   Inventor(s): Xiangrong Shen, Md Rayhan Afsar, Md Rejwanul Haque
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare
Motorized Robotic Walker
The Problem: Current conventional walkers have several problems including that the user must pick up and manually push the walker forward, users have to bend over to reach the walker’s support, and current walkers require a lot of energy and strength to operate. A mobility aid that serves the necessary functions of providing physical support...
Published: 2/27/2023   |   Inventor(s): Xiangrong Shen, Tao Shen, Md Rayhan Afsar, Cang Ye
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare