Touch Sequence Mat Pressure Mapping for Personalized Rehabilitation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing rehabilitation methods for neurological damage or disorders lack effective tools to diagnose weaknesses in patient movements and prescribe personalized exercises to enhance neuroplasticity and improve coordination and cognitive functions.
Innovation Solution
A touch sequence pressure mat with pressure sensors and a control module that generates a compensation map to identify weaknesses, allowing for personalized exercise prescription to strengthen movements and improve coordination and cognitive functions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional repetitive task methods are used for rehabilitation, then treatment simplicity is maintained, but diagnostic precision and personalization capability are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical observation and manual assessment methods with electronic pressure sensing technology. The mat uses an array of pressure sensors to automatically capture quantitative data about patient movements, substituting subjective clinical judgment with objective digital measurement systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a computer-based compensation map as an intermediary between the pressure sensors and the clinician. This visual representation translates complex sensor data into interpretable patterns that reveal movement weaknesses and compensation strategies, bridging the gap between raw data and clinical insight.
2Loss of information
If comprehensive pressure sensing is implemented to capture detailed movement data, then measurement precision improves, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the mat surface into multiple sensing zones with pressure sensors distributed across different regions. This segmentation allows the system to capture spatially-resolved information about where pressure is applied during movements, providing detailed anatomical localization without requiring a single complex sensor.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds the spatial dimension to traditional pressure measurement by arranging sensors in a two-dimensional array across the mat surface. This transforms simple pressure magnitude data into rich spatial-pressure maps that reveal patterns of weight distribution and movement compensation across different body regions.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The mat effectively diagnoses movement weaknesses and prescribes exercises to enhance neuroplasticity, accelerating recovery from neurological damage or disorders by improving mobility, coordination, and cognitive functions.
Implementation Method 1
The mat includes a functional region configured with pressure sensors for sensing pressure when the patent is performing prescribed exercises on the mat
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AI summary
A flexible touch sequence mat for rehabilitating patients having mobility, functional, coordination and cognitive issues stemming from neurological damage or disorder is disclosed. The touch sequence mat includes a function region with pressure sensors collecting spatial, temporal and magnitude pressure information when a patient is performing prescribed exercises.