Project ARM

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Team Name Project ARM
Duration Fall 2017 - Spring 2018
Faculty Adviser Dr. Joel Perry
Client
  • Dr. Joel Perry
Team Members
  • Matthew Holman
  • Colton Hotchkiss
  • Jacob Middleton
  • Ruth Park
  • Quinton Reese
  • Alexanderia Rockwell
  • BreAnne Servoss

Problem Definition[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

As the leading cause of serious, long term disability, strokes affect about 795,000 people in the United States annually.[1] Many times, this leads to loss of mobility in one of the patient’s arms.

Objective[edit | edit source]

Create a device to aid therapists in patient treatment which will:

  1. Be comfortable and breathable
  2. Be able to be donned/ doffed in under 30 seconds
  3. Interface with an Android application via Bluetooth
  4. Compare data points against an established baseline

Design Work Examples[edit | edit source]

Back Mounted Hardware Case Designs[edit | edit source]

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  • Designed for initial harness

Wrist Mounted Hardware Case Designs[edit | edit source]

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  • Bulky & unable to house all necessary components

Harness Designs[edit | edit source]

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  • Need for multiple size options
  • Unable to switch arms
  • Difficult to don/dof

Hardware Prototype Version[edit | edit source]

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  • Contains multiplexer, orientation sensors, and Arduino Feather

Phone App Flow[edit | edit source]

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Work Product Examples[edit | edit source]

Upper Arm Mounted Hardware Case[edit | edit source]

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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[edit | edit source]

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  • Contains BNO055 absolute orientation sensor
  • Compact, minimalistic, and allows easy access
  • 1.2x1.5x0.5 inches

Harness[edit | edit source]

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  • Adjustable Velcro straps
  • Back and wrist sensors
  • Upper arm sensor

Hardware Final Version[edit | edit source]

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Phone App Screenshots[edit | edit source]

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  • Generates placeholder baseline data which can be compared against placeholder exercise data

Testing and Validation[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

Picture Info
MatthewHolmanPicture.jpg 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
ColtonHotchkissPicture.jpg 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
JacobMiddletonPicture.jpg 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
RuthParkPicture.jpg 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
QuintonReesePicture.jpg 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
AlexanderiaRockwellPicture.jpg 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
BreanneServossPicture1.jpg 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[edit | edit source]

Project Schedule - Semester 1[edit | edit source]

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Project Schedules - Semester 2[edit | edit source]

Original Schedule
Revised Schedule

Meeting Minutes[edit | edit source]

File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Sept7-2017.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Sept14-2017.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Sept21-2017.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Sept26-2017.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Sept28-2017.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Oct5-2017.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Oct12-2017.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Oct19-2017.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Oct26-2017.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Nov2-2017.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Nov9-2017.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Nov30-2017.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Dec7-2017.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Jan11-2018.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Jan18-2018.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Jan25-2018.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Feb1-2018.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Feb8-2018.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Feb12-2018.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Feb15-2018.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Feb22-2018.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Mar1-2018.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Mar8-2018.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Mar22-2018.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Mar29-2018.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Apr5-2018.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Apr12-2018.pdf
File:ProjectArm-Minutes-Apr19-2018.pdf

Special Thanks[edit | edit source]

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.

References[edit | edit source]