Project ARM

=Problem Definition=
Individuals recovering from post-stroke arm impairments spend significantly more time conducting therapeutic exercise at home without therapist supervision than they spend doing supervised therapy in a clinical setting. It is difficult to quantify the amount and quality of arm usage that takes place between supervised therapy sessions, which would be useful to know both as an indicator of functional recovery, and also as a way to monitor activity level and its impact on motor recovery.
=Motivation=
As the leading cause of serious, long term disability, strokes affect about 795,000 people in the United States annually.http://www.strokecenter.org/patients/about-stroke/stroke-statistics/ Many times, this leads to loss of mobility in one of the patient’s arms.
=Objective=
Create a device to aid therapists in patient treatment which will:
# Be comfortable and breathable
# Be able to be donned/ doffed in under 30 seconds
# Interface with an Android application via Bluetooth
# Compare data points against an established baseline
=Design Work Examples=
==Back Mounted Hardware Case Designs==
		
* Designed for initial harness
==Wrist Mounted Hardware Case Designs==
		
* Bulky & unable to house all necessary components
==Harness Designs==
	
* Need for multiple size options
* Unable to switch arms
* Difficult to don/dof
==Hardware Prototype Version==
* Contains multiplexer, orientation sensors, and Arduino Feather
==Phone App Flow==
=Work Product Examples=
==Upper Arm Mounted Hardware Case==
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* Contains power supply, Arduino Feather, multiplexer, & absolute orientation sensor
* Soft, curved Ninjaflex bottom for comfort and stability
* 4.6x3.5x0.62 inches 
==Wrist/ Back Mounted Hardware Case==
* Contains BNO055 absolute orientation sensor
* Compact, minimalistic, and allows easy access
* 1.2x1.5x0.5 inches
==Harness==
	
* Adjustable Velcro straps
* Back and wrist sensors
* Upper arm sensor
==Hardware Final Version==
	
==Phone App Screenshots==
		
* Generates placeholder baseline data which can be compared against placeholder exercise data
=Testing and Validation=
* Cases & Hardware
** Protect sensors and components
** Stable on the wearer
** Wires between sensors were successfully tested for continuity
** Sensors and hardware came online when powered up
* Harness
** Final design is both comfortable and breathable
** With help, it is able to be donned/ doffed in under 30 seconds
* Application
** Interfaces with the sensors in hardware via Bluetooth
** Displays a graph of placeholder data points against generated baseline data
=Future Goals and Direction=
* To allow patients to be able to don/ doff with one arm
* To increase the sensor's stability and accuracy of readings
* To complete a user-friendly application to follow progress of prescribed exercise routines
* To integrate a physical On/ Off switch into the hardware
=Team Members=
Picture	Info
 	Matthew Holman:
*Major: Computer Science & Math
*Hometown: Idaho Falls, ID
*Graduation Date: December 2018
*Hobbies: Washington-Idaho Symphony
*Skills/Team Responsibilities: Wikimaster, programming
*Future Goals: To work for an awesome company and make the world a better place
*Email: holm5721@vandals.uidaho.edu
 	Colton Hotchkiss:
*Major: Computer Science
*Hometown: New Meadows, ID
*Graduation Date: December 2017
*Hobbies: Weight lifting and video games
*Skills/Team Responsibilities: programming
*Future Goals: Work in the cybersecurity field
*Email: hotchkiss@uidaho.edu
 	Jacob Middleton:
*Major: Mechanical Engineering
*Hometown: Meridian, Idaho
*Graduation Date: May 2018
*Hobbies: Painting, Reading, Medieval Martial Arts, Brainstorming Ideas
*Skills/Team Responsibilities: Chief communicator with project sponsor/mentor, solid modeling, design/fabrication (3D printing) of physical system case
*Future Goals: I’m interested in entrepreneurship and robotics, and my dream job is either working on cutting edge robotics or being an Imagineer for Disney and working on their animatronics; possibly both at the same time if that’s how things play out. Whatever I wind up doing, I want to be on the cutting edge of technology and making a difference in the world. 
*Email: midd6343@vandals.uidaho.edu
 	Ruth Park:
*Major: Computer Science
*Hometown: Rathdrum, Idaho
*Graduation Date: May 2018
*Hobbies: knitting, writing, embroidery, reading
*Skills/Team Responsibilities: programming, documentation
*Future Goals: Work with AI
*Email: park9056@vandals.uidaho.edu
 	Quinton Reese:
*Major: Mechanical Engineering
*Hometown: Idaho Falls, ID
*Graduation Date: May 2018
*Hobbies: Fly-Fishing, Camping, Hunting
*Skills/Team Responsibilities: 3D Modeling/Design, Machining/3D Printing, Budgeting
*Future Goals: Work in Biomedical Engineering Field
*Email: rees3132@vandals.uidaho.edu
 	Alexanderia Rockwell:
*Major: Biological Engineering
*Hometown: Grangeville, Idaho
*Graduation Date: May 2018
*Hobbies: Skiing, hiking/camping, going to the beach
*Skills/Team Responsibilities: Organization and team management, inter-team communication, product and application design/fabrication
*Future Goals: Will be working for Stryker in August - Plan to work in Project Management in future
*Email: rock5345@vandals.uidaho.edu
 	BreAnne Servoss:
*Major: Theatre Arts and Apparel, Textiles and Design
*Hometown: Shelley, Idaho
*Graduation Date: May 2020
*Hobbies: Sewing, reading, baking
*Skills/Team Responsibilities: Construction of fabric components
*Future Goals: To work as a costume technician for a community theatre program
*Email: serv8555@vandals.uidaho.edu
=Document Archive=
==Project Schedule - Semester 1==
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==Project Schedules - Semester 2==
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==Meeting Minutes==
= Special Thanks =
Special thanks to Melissa Bogert, Chris Bitikofer, Sebastian Rueda-Parra, Dr. Matt Godfrey, Danielle Deschler, Prof. Lori Wahl, Mr. Bruce Bolden, Dr. Manuel Welhan, and Dr. Eric Wolbrecht for supporting this project.
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