Wearable device to assist independent living

Development of Pneumatic Wearable Power Assist Device for Human Arm "ASSIST"

In order to realize an assist of independent life for people in need of care and relieve a physical burden for care worker, an active support splint driven by pneumatic soft actuator (ASSIST) to support a human arm has been developed. ASSIST is constructed with the appliance and the rotary-type soft actuator. Since a weight and hardness of device involve a danger of causing a serious accident f...

Device Independent User Interface Description for Wearable Computers

This report discusses the aspect of user interfaces on wearable computers. Today wearable computers can be of very different size and capabilities. The way of communicating with the user also varies for different devices. This paper looks into several different approaches of describing a user interface that is independent of the underlying device and architecture.

Beating heart implantation of a wearable NOVACOR left-ventricular assist device.

Implantable left-ventricular assist devices (LVAD) are successfully used as a bridge to transplant if the patient's condition is worsening and no donor organ is available. They allow recovery of compromised organ function. However, postoperative bleeding, thrombemboelism, and right-heart failure may jeopardize the important improvement of organ function and may even lead to death. We introduce ...

Walking Gait of a Biped with a Wearable Walking Assist Device

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