Conference
Design and Preliminary Implementation of an Air Microfluidics Enabled Soft Robotic Knee Brace Towards the Management of Osteoarthritis*
Abstract
A dynamic and low-profile unloader tibiofemoral knee brace is designed and prototyped by synergizing concepts from the fields of microfluidics and soft robotics. Microfluidics provides strategies for miniaturization and multiplexing while soft robotics afford the tools to create soft fluidic actuators and allow compliant and inherently safe robotic assistance as part of clothing. The unloader knee brace provides dynamic response during the gait …
Authors
Gao RZ; Marriott K; Dickerson CR; Maly MR; Ren CL
Volume
00
Pagination
pp. 4502-4505
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Publication Date
July 2020
DOI
10.1109/embc44109.2020.9175677
Name of conference
2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC)
Conference proceedings
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)
ISSN
1557-170X