Intelligent Prosthetic Sockets

This project introduces a smart prosthetic system that helps amputees achieve better socket fit by tracking pressure in real time. A wireless sensing module measures force distribution inside the prosthetic socket and displays it through a mobile app, providing users and clinicians with instant feedback to improve comfort and reduce injury risks.

Project Description

Prosthetic devices have significantly improved mobility and quality of life for amputees. Significant engineering advancements have been made in artificial limb biomechanics, joint control systems, and lightweight materials. Amputees report that the primary problem they face with their artificial limbs is a poorly fitting socket. In this project, we propose a smart prosthesis system, in which we measure the real-time force distributions within a prosthetic socket and dynamically visualize the results in a mobile application. A major part of the overall proposed system, a wireless pressure sensing system and a force visualization method, is evaluated at the current stage. Finally, corresponding works for fully completing this smart prosthesis system are discussed as well.

System Overiew
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Publication
Designing Deep Reinforcement Learning Systems for Musculoskeletal Modeling and Locomotion Analysis Using Wearable Sensor Feedback
Jianian Zheng, Huiyi Cao, Diliang Chen, Rahila Ansari, Kuo-Chung Chu, Ming-Chun Huang

IEEE Sensors Journal (SJ), Volume 20, Number 16, Pages 9274 – 9282, April 2020

DOI

Smart Prosthesis System: Continuous Automatic Prosthesis Fitting Adjustment and Real-time Stress Visualization
Yi Cai, Jia Chen, Diliang Chen, Guanzhou Qu, Hongping Zhao, Rahila Ansari, Ming-Chun Huang

IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), 17-19 Oct. 2018

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ZnO Nanowall Networks for Sensor Devices: from Hydrothermal Synthesis to Device Demonstration
Zixuan Feng, Subrina Rafique, Yi Cai*, Lu Han, Ming-Chun Huang, Hongping Zhao

The Electrochemical Society Journal (ECS) of Solid State Science and Technology, Volume 7, Issue 7, Pages 3114 – 3119, April 2018

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PI Leads
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Prof. Ming-Chun Huang

Associate Professor, Duke Kunshan University

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Prof. Rahila Ansari

Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University

Contributors
Diliang

Prof. Diliang Chen

Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire

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Dr.Yi Cai

Graduated Ph.D. Student, Case Western Reserve University

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