DocumentCode
1843807
Title
Development of a mouth-mouse for quadriplegics
Author
Kingma, Y.Jack ; Sabourin, Paul J.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada
fYear
1989
fDate
9-12 Nov 1989
Firstpage
1516
Abstract
A rehabilitation device that is actuated by tongue and biting actions is presented. The device performs the usual functions of a computer mouse and facilitates control of a computer by severely handicapped individuals. A prototype system has functioned satisfactorily. The mouth piece needs to be customized to the individual patient
Keywords
handicapped aids; mouse controllers (computers); biting actions; computer mouse; individually customised device; mouth-mouse; quadriplegics; rehabilitation device; severely handicapped individuals; tongue actions; Coils; Detectors; Electronic circuits; Lifting equipment; Logic circuits; Mice; Mouth; Switches; Tongue; Transformers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96317
Filename
96317
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