Sensorized Bead-Wire Toy for Studying Finger Force and Manual Dexterity

    公开(公告)号:US20230121081A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US17962597

    申请日:2022-10-10

    发明人: Pranav J. Parikh

    IPC分类号: A61B5/11 A63H33/00 G01L1/22

    摘要: A hand function testing device includes a base having a number of rigid wires protruding from a surface thereof, each rigid wire having a stationary bead affixed at a predetermined position along the rigid wire, a moving bead movably mounted on the rigid wire and movable along a working region of the rigid wire defined between a base-end of the rigid wire and the stationary bead, the moving bead being mounted on the rigid wire via reception of the rigid wire through a lumen in the moving bead, and at least one force sensing element for measuring a force input to the moving bead. A method of testing hand function includes using the hand function testing device to measure a force input to a moving bead as the moving bead is moved within a working region on the rigid wire.