SBIR/STTR Research Award
DIGITAL CONTROL OF REHABILITATION/EXERCISE MACHINES
Award amount
$452,716Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1984Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Isotechnologies Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTROLLER FOR AN EXERCISE MACHINE, TO BE MARKETED SOON, CALLED THE ISOSTATION. THE ISOSTATION IS AN ELECTROHYDRAULIC REHABILITATION MACHINE WHICH PERMITS ACTIVE AND PASSIVE MOVEMENTS IN THREE DIMENSIONS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF MUSCULAR DEFICITS DUE TO TRAUMA, DISUSE, DISEASE, ACCIDENTS OR CHRONIC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS TO ATHLETES AND THE AGED. PHASE I OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEMONSTRATE BY COMPUTER SIMULATIONS THE FEASIBILITY OF PRODUCING A MARKETABLE "REAL TIME" DIGITAL CONTROLLER FOR THE CLOSED LOOP CONTROL OPERATION OF AN INSTRUMENTED ISOSTATION. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE USED TO CHARACTERIZE THE ISOSTATION AND EVALUATE THE SOFTWARE TO BE DEVELOPED.
Technology keywords
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