Patents Assigned to Metropolitan Center for High Technology
  • Method and apparatus for rehabilitation of disabled patients
    Patent number: 4936299
    Abstract: A rehabilitation apparatus having a robotic arm controlled by application software and a control board of a CPU. The patient is required to contact a home switch positioned adjacent to the patient and upon command contact a switch on an end defector which has been positioned in a predetermined position by a robotic arm. The patient's ability to move the various positions is monitored and stored in the CPU. The method for use of the apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Assignee: Metropolitan Center for High Technology
    Inventor: Robert F. Erlandson