Medical bioengineering can be divided into two categories: assistive and adaptive Simply stated, assistive technology is any object or system that increases or
Bioengineering is the application of engineering (technology) to living things, such as humans and plants Assistive Technology devices and services
This course explores product design and development in the fields of assisted technology and biomedical engineering Topics include human factors, man-made
IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING National Institutes of Health What types of assistive devices have been developed through rehabilitation engineering?
Understand the role played by rehabilitation engineers and assistive technologists in the and even biomedical engineering applied to disability
T/E 4 - Describe and explain adaptive and assistive bioengineered Bioengineering is the application of engineering principles or processes to the
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL
IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING
National Institutes of Health
Rehabilitation Engineering
What is rehabilitation engineering?
and cognition. These tools help people with day-to-day activities and ta sks related to employment, independent living, and education. workers perform tasks, and then making accommodations to eliminate furth er injuries and discomfort. On the other end of the spectrum, more complex What types of assistive devices have been developed through rehabilitation engineering? The following are examples of the many types of assistive devices. • • Kitchen implements with large, cushioned grips to help people with weakn ess or arthritis in their hands with everyday living tasks. • educational activities in school and at home. • • Specially engineered computer programs that provide voice recognition to help people with sensory impairments use computer technology. How can future rehabilitation engineering research improve the quality of life for individuals? assistive devices. An important research area focuses on the development of new technologies and disease or injury. For example: • Rehabilitation robotics from impaired movement, such as following a stroke. • Virtual rehabilitation • Improved prosthetics
RUPERT: a device for robotic
upper extremity repetitive therapy.
Source: Jiping He, Arizona State
University
Source: Michael Goldfarb,
Vanderbilt University
An individual writes sentences with
his thoughts using a brain-computer interface system.
Source: The Wadsworth Center, New York State
Department of Health
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Robotic training enhances arm motor
recovery after stroke.
Source: David Reinkensmeyer, UC Irvine
• Increasingly sophisticated use of computers • Development of new technologies What are NIBIB-funded researchers developing in the area of rehabilitation engineering? Wireless Tongue Drive System for Paralyzed Patients: move their tongue. Simple tongue movements send commands to the computer allowing users to steer their wheelchairs, operate their computers, and generally control their environment in an independent fashion. Neurostimulation in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) for Reco very of Voluntary Control of Standing and Movement, and Involuntary Control of Blood Press ure, Bladder and Sexual Function: developing the next generation of high density electrode arrays for stim ulation of the spinal cord. The more patients have received this treatment and had similar results.
Smart Environment Technologies:
that aid with home health monitoring and intervention allowing individua ls with health issues to remain everyday tasks. Persons with hand NatioNal iNstitute of Biomedical imagiNg aNd BioeNgiNeeriNg
The tongue magnet and headset
allow and individual to move a computer cursor, and operate other devices with her tongue.
Source: M. Ghovanloo, Georgia Institute
of Technology
A man guides his wheelchair
around an obstacle course using the tongue magnet and headset system.
Source: M. Ghovanloo, Georgia Institute
of Technology
NIBIB Contacts
National Institute of
Biomedical Imaging
and Bioengineering
6707 Democracy Blvd.
Suite 200
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301-496-8859
info@nibib.nih.gov www.nibib.nih.govand CommunicationsPhone: 301-496-3500 Fax: 301-480-1613 nibibpress@mail.nih.gov June 2013NIH... Turning Discovery Into Healthwww.nibib.nih.gov