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Bioprinting Organs—Science or Fiction?—A Review From Students to Students

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Bioprinting artificial organs has the potential to revolutionize the medical field. This is a comprehensive review of the bioprinting workflow delving into the latest advancements in bioinks, materials and bioprinting techniques, exploring the critical stages of tissue maturation and functionality.
Nicoletta Murenu, Camilla Mussoni, Mateo S. Andrade Mier, Paula Buettner, Nathaly Chicaiza‐Cabezas, Yi‐Yu Robin Dai, Jessica Faber, Maren Fiedler, Zan Lamberger, Xuen Jen Ng, Vanessa Moessler, Anna Rederer, Jonas Roeder, Sabrina Stecher, Katinka Theis, Jeanette Weigelt, Silvia Budday, Gregor Lang, Natascha Schaefer   +18 more
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A Wearable Lower Limb Exoskeleton: Reducing the Energy Cost of Human Movement

Micromachines, 2022
Human body enhancement is an interesting branch of robotics. It focuses on wearable robots in order to improve the performance of human body, reduce energy consumption and delay fatigue, as well as increase body speed.
Xinyao Tang, Xupeng Wang, Xiaomin Ji, Yawen Zhou, Jie Yang, Yuchen Wei, Wenjie Zhang   +6 more
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Academic Review and Perspectives on Robotic Exoskeletons

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2019
Since the first robotic exoskeleton was developed in 1960, this research field has attracted much interest from both the academic and industrial communities resulting in scientific publications, prototype developments and commercialized products. In this article, to document the progress in and current status of this field, we performed a bibliometric ...
Guanjun Bao, Lufeng Pan, Hui Fang, Xinyu Wu, Haoyong Yu, Shibo Cai, Bingqing Yu, Yuehua Wan   +7 more
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Special Issue on Exoskeleton Robotic Systems

Applied Sciences, 2023
Over the past 20 years, the therapies available in rehabilitation clinics have improved substantially, aided by robotic rehabilitation systems, which have seen rapid progress and increased performance [...]
Ionut Daniel Geonea, Cristian Petre Copilusi   +1 more
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Chemically Doped Conductive Polymers for Wearable Health Monitoring

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Among conductive polymers, poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), polyaniline (PANI), and polypyrrole (PPy) are the most studied and applied. Chemical doping significantly boosts intrinsic conductivity and mechanical robustness.
Mengdi Zuo, Jian Song, Hong Hu, Le Zheng, Lei Zhang, Charles H. Lawrie   +5 more
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Smart Closed‐Loop Systems in Personalized Healthcare: Advances and Outlook

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A smart closed‐loop e‐textile integrates multimodal sensing, onboard processing, wireless communication, and wearable power to enable real‐time physiological/biochemical monitoring and feedback‐controlled therapy. ABSTRACT Smart textiles represent a revolutionary frontier in healthcare, seamlessly blending fabric and advanced technologies to create ...
Safoora Khosravi, Sang Won Lee, Mohammad Abrar Uddin, Sina Hassanpoor, Neha Suvindran, Katherine Le, Harun Arkaz, Harishkumar Narayana, Saeid Soltanian, Danial Khorsandi, Negar Hosseinzadeh Kouchehbaghi, Taeil Kim, Yangzhi Zhu   +12 more
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Bioinspired robotic exoskeleton for endotracheal intubation

Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2020
Airway management is a priority to any caregiver in a trauma scenario. The current clinical gold standard for airway securement is endotracheal intubation (ETI), which involves placement of an endotracheal tube into patient tracheas and pneumatically expanding a cuff for securement.
Ernesto Hernandez-Hinojosa, Corinne D. Nawn, Carlyn Abbott, Daniel Astorga, Priya Jain, David Restrepo, R. Lyle Hood   +6 more
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Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz, Gökhan Ince, Ozgur Atalay   +2 more
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Multi-connection load compensation and load information calculation for an upper-limb exoskeleton based on a six-axis force/torque sensor

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2019
In this article, a method of multi-connection load compensation and load information calculation for an upper-limb exoskeleton is proposed based on a six-axis force/torque sensor installed between the exoskeleton and the end effector.
Xin Wang, Qiuzhi Song, Shitong Zhou, Jing Tang, Kezhong Chen, Heng Cao   +5 more
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The effects of gait training using powered lower limb exoskeleton robot on individuals with complete spinal cord injury

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2018
Background Powered exoskeleton can improve the mobility for people with movement deficits by providing mechanical support and facilitate the gait training.
Cheng-Hua Wu, Hui-Fen Mao, Jwu-Sheng Hu, Ting-Yun Wang, Yi-Jeng Tsai, Wei-Li Hsu   +5 more
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