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# Healthcare Mobility Concepts

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**Publications**

International Standards Efforts Towards Safe Accessibility Technology for Persons with Disabilities: Cross-Industry Activities. Published in the Journal of The Standards Engineering Society, 2010.

Static and Dynamic Stability Performance Measurements of the HLPR Chair/Forklift, NISTIR 7667, National Institute of Standards and Technology, March 2010.

Design of the HLPR Chair: Home Lift Position and Rehabilitation Chair, NISTIR 7459, October 4, 2007.

A Multipurpose Robotic Wheelchair and Rehabilitation Device for the Home, Presented at the 2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) San Diego, CA, Oct 29 - Nov 2, 2007.

HLPR Chair: A Novel Indoor Mobility-Assist and Lift System, Presented at the ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Las Vegas, NV, September 4-7, 2007.

A Novel Patient Mobility and Rehabilitation Robot, Presented at the 13th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications 2007 (RA07), Wurzburg, Germany, August 29-31, 2007.

Recent Developments of the HLPR Chair, Presented at the International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR 2007), Noordwijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, June 13-15, 2007.

Survey of Patient Mobility and Lift Technologies: Toward Advancements and Standards, NISTIR 7384, December 19, 2006.

HLPR Chair– A Service Robot for the Healthcare Industry, Presented at the 3rd International Workshop on Advances in Service Robotics, Vienna, Austria, July 7, 2006.

**Presentations**

HLPR Chair - Home Lift, Position, and Rehab Chair A Service Robot for the Healthcare Industry, Presented at the 2006 3rd International Workshop on Advances in Service Robotics, Vienna, Austria.

****Videos****

Watch the "HLPR Chair Video" Video
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****Publications****

Applications of a 3D Range Camera Towards Healthcare Mobility Aids, Presented at the International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 23-25, 2006.
**Lifters**
****Leg Lift/Mover****

Instead of forcing wheelchair dependence onto immobile patients, we would like to provide devices that support the notion of walking again. This concept would be a wearable device to lift and maneuver one or both legs. The device would allow, for example, a stroke victim or leg-injured patient to independently and frequently exercise the affected leg toward rehabilitation, leg exercise, gravity compensation for the leg, or in some case learning to walk again. This tendon-driven device would be minimally invasive and could be configured as a pair of trousers with the tendons along the fabric. Motors can be worn on the belt and a special shoe with tendon connections would provide the necessary lift points. A modified, off-the-shelf knee support would provide the interim cable routing. And, the patient's leg bones would provide the compression members. The concept is now being studied at NIST.

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****Cane Lift****

****Presentation****

Walking-Cane Leg-Lifter simple attachment to canesRoger Bostelman2/25/05

****Patient Lifter****

Based on the RoboChair concept and as a first step to inserting a human-lift device into the healthcare industry, the LIFTER is designed to allow a persons' upper body to be lifted and the person placed on a bed, chair, toilet or even floor. Mobility is self/caregiver-powered (walking), assist-power (optional - walk with some mobility power from LIFTER), or powered (optional - full mobility power from LIFTER). Powered requires additional drive motors not shown in the graphics. Also, for typical stroke victims where the right leg is not or partially functional, a fold down, removable footrest can be optionally attached to the right side. For full mobility, footrests for both feet can fold down.

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