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Introducing a Modular, Personalized Exoskeleton for Ankle and Knee Support of Individuals with a Spinal Cord Injury

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In the Symbitron Project, one of the main objectives is to develop a safe, bio-inspired, and personalized wearable exoskeleton that enables individuals with a spinal cord injury (SCI) to walk without additional assistance, by complementing their remaining motor function. The first target group of five subjects, have enough hip control to keep themselves upright, but need support around the ankle and/or knee joint. This paper gives an overview of the design features of the newly developed exoskeleton and shares some details about the design process.

The work presented here was supported by the EU within the SYMBITRON project (FP7-ICT-2013-10 contract #611626).

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Acknowledgments

Great effort has been put into the design and manufacturing of the exoskeleton by Wouter Gregoor and Tom Phillips from the Electrical and Mechanical Support Division at Delft University of Technology. Thanks to effort and patience of the subjects and staff of Fondazione Santa Lucia, we obtained detail data and scans for out design. The exoskeleton footplates where provided by Össur.

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  1. Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD, Delft, The Netherlands

    Cory Meijneke, Shiqian Wang & Herman van der Kooij

  2. Biomechanical Engineering Laboratory, Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine (MIRA), University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Victor Sluiter

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  1. Spanish National Research Council, Cajal Institute Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain

    José González-Vargas

  2. Spanish National Research Council, Cajal Institute Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain

    Jaime Ibáñez

  3. Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, Houston, Texas, USA

    Jose L. Contreras-Vidal

  4. University of Twente , Enschede, The Netherlands

    Herman van der Kooij

  5. Spanish National Research Council, Cajal Institute Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain

    José Luis Pons

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Meijneke, C., Wang, S., Sluiter, V., van der Kooij, H. (2017). Introducing a Modular, Personalized Exoskeleton for Ankle and Knee Support of Individuals with a Spinal Cord Injury. In: González-Vargas, J., Ibáñez, J., Contreras-Vidal, J., van der Kooij, H., Pons, J. (eds) Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46532-6_28

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