Mechanical Group

Motivation

Our group is working on developing a well-polished version of the hand exoskeleton used with IpsiHand because the initial version consisted simply of a brace and a linear actuator. While this worked great as a proof of concept version, there are numerous improvements that need to be made for commercialization:

• low profile design
• rapid setup/takedown time
• designed to handle spasticity
• possibility of individual finger actuation
• independent power source
• sturdier overall construction

The second version exoskeleton project has is currently underway. Progress can be viewed here: ExoFlex