System, device and method for tracking the human hand for upper extremity therapy
AssigneeBarron Associates, Inc.
InventorsRichard J. Adams, Connor W. Adams, William T. Gressick, Matthew D. Lichter, Aaron B. Olowin
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Abstract
Embodiments of the presently described device, system and method support upper extremity (UE) therapy through tracking the human hand. The system can include a hand-wearable sensor mounting system with hand-wearable components and a movement interpretation circuit. The device can include a hand-wearable component comprising a hook, and a sensing transducer comprising a clip, wherein the clip is detachably securable to the hook. In embodiments, one or more sensing transducers are translationally and rotationally restricted when secured to the hand-wearable components.
Claims23
A device, comprising:
- a hand-wearable component comprising a hook, wherein the hook comprises a pair of opposing hook elements separated by a gap having a gap width;
- and
- a sensing transducer detachably securable to the hook, wherein the sensing transducer comprises a sensor housing and a clip, wherein the clip comprises a neck portion comprising a neck portion width that is smaller than the gap width such that the neck portion is configured to pass through the gap between the pair of opposing hook elements as the sensing transducer is detachably secured to the hook.
A system, comprising:
- a hand-wearable sensor mounting system comprising a plurality of hand-wearable components;
- and
- a movement interpretation circuit, wherein the movement interpretation circuit comprises a plurality of sensing transducers, wherein each of the plurality of sensing transducers is communicatively coupled to a computing device executing programming that interprets movements of each of the plurality of sensing transducers as movement of a human finger or a human hand, wherein each of the plurality of sensing transducers is detachably securable to at least one of the plurality of hand-wearable components;
- wherein at least one of the plurality of hand-wearable components comprises a hook, wherein the hook comprises a pair of opposing hook elements separated by a gap, wherein each of the plurality of sensing transducers comprises a housing, wherein the housing comprises a clip having a neck portion that is narrower than the gap width such that the neck portion can pass through the gap between the pair of opposing hook elements as it is detachably secured to the hook.
A device, comprising:
- a hand-wearable component comprising a hook;
- a sensing transducer comprising a clip, wherein the clip is detachably securable to the hook and further wherein the clip is translationally and rotationally restricted by the hook when the clip is secured to the hook;
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- wherein the hook comprises a pair of opposing hook elements formed with a gap therebetween, a floor surface and opposing side walls, wherein the hook elements, the floor surface and the opposing side walls form a slot comprising a slot width, and wherein the clip comprises a base portion comprising a base portion width that is less than the slot width, whereby the base portion is maintained between the opposing side walls, the floor surface and the hook elements when inserted through the slot and is thereby translationally and rotationally restricted.
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