Development of MYO ELECTRODE based Mobile Platform for detection of prognosis with Neurological Disable Patients

Project Title

Development of MYO ELECTRODE based Mobile Platform for detection of prognosis with Neurological Disable Patients

Project Area of Specialization Wearables and ImplantableProject Summary

Hands and fingers have a vital role in daily life for various functions and esthetics. The loss of a hand or finger (one or more) may be a result of trauma, disease, or congenital abnormalities. The loss of hands and fingers can lead to psychological problems, functional impairment, and social dysfunction. There are various options exist for replacement and restoration after hand and finger loss. Prosthetic hand or finger prostheses improve esthetic outcomes and quality of life for patients. Passive hand or finger prostheses are mostly fabricated from silicone retained from adhesive or as implants that are robust and difficult or impossible. The control of the myoelectric (prosthetic) hands or fingers is important for artificial hand or finger movement; however, the precise control of prosthetic hands or fingers remains a problem. Rehabilitation after multiple finger loss is challenging. Implants in finger prostheses after multiple finger loss offer better finger prosthesis retention. 

After a deep literature review, the available articles on myoelectrically controlled finger/hand prostheses were reviewed from January 1922 to February 2021 using the MEDLINE/PubMed, Web of Science, and ScienceDirect resources in English. The articles were searched using the keywords “finger loss”, “hand loss”, “hand prosthesis”, “finger prosthesis”, “prostheses”, “myoelectric control”, “myoelectrically control”, and relevant articles were selected.

It has been keenly surveyed through Jinnah Hospital Karachi, Civil Hospital and other medicial facilities deal the neurological disorders that if a patient bring loss of motor function or muscle movement caused by a neurological disorder, the issues is diagnosed by certain tests and the medicines are prescribed accordingly. 

The main gap we have observed that during the prognosis and recovery stage, there is no physical device available to guage the power of lower / upper limb to compare the loss function and accurately record the rate of recovery in a patient. This motivates us to develop a MYO electrode based device to guage the disorder impact on human body specially people from remote locations who can not afford stay in urban areas and revisit frequently. 

Project Objectives

• To study and understand the human body parts power and loss of power caused by a neurological disease
• To design a device using Myo Electrode and Flex sensors based device to gather the power of patient
• To develop a mobile app with ML based system to compare the initial state to recovery stage based on clinical data
• To predict the recovery of patient via data of myo electrode testing kit.
• To deduce the result and participate in the research article.

Project Implementation Method

The implementation plan comprises the following steps with incremental model with a cusion to upgrade the model.

• Analysis of the need of the patients and the doctors
• Plan the resources and project plan
• Develop and Construct the Hardware / Software system using MYO electrode and Mobile application
• Test the hardware and software for integration and optimal results
• Deploy the device to the hospital for use
• Continuous improvement and upgradation.

Benefits of the Project

Project Social benefits:

1. Better health and care facility in Government setups.
2. Improve life expectency and qualuty of life.
3. Lower the mortality rate.

Project Clinical benefits:

1. Improved clinical practices.
2. Use of clinical data for research.
3. Use of precise equipment for diagnosis and recommendation.
4. Easily portable and remotely used equipment with mobile application.

Project benefits to Pakistan Economy:

1. Digitalization of Pakistan Healthcare setup
2. IPR and patent globally contribute Pakistan as emerging power in medical science
3. Product wise development available for global sale bring foreign currency to Pakistan.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The final deliverables are

1. Mobile Application
2. ML based modeling system
3. Hardware System 
4. User Manuals
5. Trainings
6. Research Publication

Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemCore Industry ITOther Industries Medical , Health Core Technology Wearables and ImplantablesOther Technologies RoboticsSustainable Development Goals Good Health and Well-Being for People, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	80000
MYO Electrode	Equipment	60	500	30000
Flex sensors	Equipment	40	200	8000
Ardunio Yun	Equipment	1	9000	9000
Connecting Patchcord	Equipment	40	200	8000
Actuator motor	Equipment	20	500	10000
Battery Pack	Equipment	2	2500	5000
Sensor Pack with publication cost	Miscellaneous	1	10000	10000