Mobile Ankle-foot Exoneuromusculoskeleton

Hybrid robotic IoT for ankle-foot telerehabilitation after stroke

Long-term rehabilitation after stroke is challenging, because of insufficient professional manpower for one-to-one intervention manually, expanding stroke populations and disturbances to the traditional service in a pandemic. Mobile ankle-foot exoneuromusculoskeleton is a hybrid robot for poststroke ankle-foot rehabilitation. The robot integrates multi-modal advantages of exoskeleton, soft pneumatic muscle, neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) and tactile sensory feedback in one system for a light-weight wearable design to correct poststroke foot-drop and foot-inversion effectively. The robot is an IoT device networking the professionals and multiple users in distributed locations for managing rehabilitation progresses and preventing drop-out in the training with incentive schemes.

Special Features and Advantages

Effective correction of foot-drop and foot-inversion by improving muscle strength and coordination at the ankle-foot
Compact out-door sportswear design with a light weight for poststroke unilateral gait restoration and comfortable wearing experience
Easy-to-use mobile App wirelessly interfaced with the robot for mobile rehabilitation management among different patients/professionals

Applications

Improve motor function of the ankle-foot after stroke
Mobile telerehabilitation in long-term service via remote coordination among patients and professionals
Suitable for wide applications in hospitals, clinics, and individual users at home.

Patent Application No.

PCT/CN2022/073495
CN 202110733839.6

Principal Investigator

Dr Xiaoling HU
Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Mobile Ankle-foot Exoneuromusculoskeleton

Hybrid robotic IoT for ankle-foot telerehabilitation after stroke