LIBERATING TECHNOLOGIES INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: DHP14-010
LIBERATING TECHNOLOGIES INC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $999,928
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Health Program
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- DHP14-010
- Solicitation
- 15.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MA
- Period
- 2016-01-12 → 2019-11-30
Description
One of the most common military injuries are musculoskeletal injuries (MSI), which inflicts thousands of individuals through combat and occupational risks. These injuries to the upper limb require treatment, assistance, and rehabilitation for the afflicted individual. The proposed Hand Assist/Rehab Orthosis (HARO) is a low-profile, aesthetic, functional system that is able to provide actuation to the fingers for recovery after hand injuries. Such a device would be beneficial for populations including military individuals with musculoskeletal impairments, recovering stroke patients with hemiparesis, and hand orthosis users in the general population. The Phase 2 effort will refine and optimize the Phase 1 actuation mechanism and then evaluate the effectiveness of the device through human subjects trials.