Soft Exoskeleton Mimics Human Cough for Assisting the Expectoration Capability of SCI Patients

• Published in: IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering Vol. 30; pp. 936 - 946
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yan, Wang, Ziqi, Ge, Qinggang, Wang, Zongyu, Zhou, Xiangjie, Han, Shaohang, Guo, Weidong, Zhang, Yuru, Wang, Dangxiao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 2022; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Actuation; Actuators; Bionics; Cough; Diaphragm; Diaphragm (anatomy); Exoskeleton; Exoskeleton Device; Exoskeletons; Humans; Injuries; Jamming; Licenses; Mannequins; Modules; Muscle contraction; Muscles; Muscular function; Physical Therapy Modalities; Pulmonary diseases; Rehabilitation; rehabilitation robotics; Respiratory function; Robotics; Robots; Soft robotics; Spinal cord injuries; Spinal Cord Injuries - rehabilitation

This paper describes the design of a bionic soft exoskeleton and demonstrates its feasibility for assisting the expectoration function rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods: A human-robot coupling respiratory mechanic model is established to mimic human cough, and a syner...