BARRETT TECHNOLOGY, LLC — Department of Health and Human Services SBIR Phase I: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase
BARRETT TECHNOLOGY, LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Health and Human Services.
- Amount
- $225,000
- Agency
- Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Solicitation
- PA14-071
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MA
- Period
- —
Description
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project proposes a bimanual robotic rehabilitation system, named BiArm , for stroke survivors who experience hemiparesis - weakness on one side of the body. The system is comprised of two special three-dimensional robotic arms designed to interact through forces with people over large reachable workspaces, reacting with feather-touch forces in addition to gravity- offsetting forces. The terminus of each of the robotic arms is attached either to the forearm or wrist of a subject via a cuff. Forces are then imparted by the robotic arm via the cuff in the full three-dimensional space surrounding the patient, allowing a range of full-motion functional activities that thepatient can complete in a virtual environment generated by the robotic arms. Coordinated two-armed activities of daily living (ADL) can include lifting large virtual boxes onto virtual shelves, balancing virtual two-handle trays supporting an uneven