IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2022 Jul;2022:1-6. doi: 10.1109/ICORR55369.2022.9896562.
In the last decades, the continuous increase in the number of the vast cohort of chronic patients that constantly need medical assistance and supervision, and the widespread lack of therapist has brought to an increased interest in the role of medical technologies in rehabilitative programs and assistive scenarios. Current clinical evidence in rehabilitation demonstrates that there is an important and increasing demand for innovative therapeutic solutions to recover the hand functions to prevent patients to need assistance in performing daily life activities. This works describes the pathway from patent to TRL5 of a device to support hand grip actions and interaction with daily life objects. E-KIRO is based on the use of electromagnets, which are able to attach/detach interactive objects equipped with a ferromagnetic plate. Five end-users used the device and scored it with excellent usability based on the System Usability Scale.
在过去的几十年中，大量慢性病人的数量不断增加，他们需要持续的医疗援助和监督，而治疗师的广泛缺乏导致人们对医疗技术在康复计划和辅助场景中的作用产生了浓厚的兴趣。目前康复领域的临床证据表明，对手功能进行恢复的创新性治疗方案有很大的需求，以防止患者在日常生活活动中需要他人的帮助。这项工作描述了从专利到 TRL5 的途径，以支持手抓握动作和与日常生活物体的交互。E-KIRO 基于使用电磁铁，电磁铁能够连接/分离配备有铁磁板的交互式物体。五名终端用户使用了该设备，并根据系统可用性量表对其进行了极好的可用性评分。
