Case Study #1: At Home Therapy
Integrum AB, a prosthetics company located in Gothenburg, Sweden has developed Neuromotus ®, a new therapy system for patients with neuropathic pain, specifically Phantom Limb Pain which is experienced by a majority of people who have lost a limb. The therapy encourages Phantom Motor Execution, an exercise that works through reactivating the original central and peripheral circuitry involved in motor control of missing limbs, and increases dexterity of muscles at the stump in hopes of inducing gradual neural changes in the motor cortex.
Neuromotus ® is currently undergoing CE marking by Integrum AB as well as a large clinical trial throughout Europe following a clinical trail with results published in multiple journals including the medical journal The Lancet. I was approached by the company which I had worked with during my research fellowship year to design the system for At Home Use.
Case Study #2: Assistive Devices
During my bachelors degree at Arizona State University (ASU) I conducted a capstone project as part of the Innovation Space Capstone Program. Innovation Space at ASU is an entrepreneurial joint venture among the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and W.P. Carey School of Business. The transdisciplinary education model and research lab sought to develop products with market value while serving real societal needs and minimizing environmental impact. I was on a team of students from graphic design, business, engineering and industrial design, tasked to meet the design needs for the Center for Ubiquitous Computing (CUbiC), a research group that focuses on the development of assistive technology for a full spectrum of ability.