A Pneumatic HandHeld Device for Finger Active Tele-Rehabilitation

The objective of this paper is the development of a handheld, untethered device for active finger tele-rehabilitation. The device has the capacity to measure both hand and finger motion, and to provide multimodal haptic feedback on each user’s finger. The paper will present the system functional design, inspired by the recent trend and requirements for haptic devices. The final part of the paper will discuss the early prototyping of the system, addressing both hardware and software aspects aimed at utilizing the device both as a tool for rehabilitation and for collecting data to objectively quantify the rehabilitation status.