Development of an IoT Electrostimulator with Closed-Loop Control

The most used approach in the motor rehabilitation of spinal cord injury is functional electrical stimulation. However, current devices do not provide real-time feedback, work in the closed-loop, and became remotely operable. In this scenario, this paper presents the development of an open access 4-...

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Main Authors: Borges, L.H.B (Author), Dantas, A.F.O.A (Author), De Almeida, T.F (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2022
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520 3 |a The most used approach in the motor rehabilitation of spinal cord injury is functional electrical stimulation. However, current devices do not provide real-time feedback, work in the closed-loop, and became remotely operable. In this scenario, this paper presents the development of an open access 4-channel IoT electrostimulator device with an inertial sensor. The electrostimulator circuit was designed with four modules: Boost Converter, H-bridge, Inertial Measurement Unit, and Processing Module. The firmware was implemented in the processing module to manage the modules to perform closed-loop stimulation (using PID controller). To perform the proof of concept of the device, a closed loop test was performed to control the ankle joint, performing the movements of dorsiflexion, plantar flexion, inversion, and eversion. The designed hardware allowed one to freely change the boost converter voltage and modulate the signal with 200 µs of pulse duration and 50 Hz of period in a safe and stable way. Furthermore, the controller was able to move the ankle joint in all desired directions following the reference values and respecting the imposed constraints. In general, the developed hardware was able to safely control a closed-loop joint. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. 
650 0 4 |a Ankle joints 
650 0 4 |a BOOST converter 
650 0 4 |a Bridge circuits 
650 0 4 |a Closed loop control systems 
650 0 4 |a Closed-loop 
650 0 4 |a closed-loop control 
650 0 4 |a Closed-loop control 
650 0 4 |a Controllers 
650 0 4 |a DC-DC converters 
650 0 4 |a electrostimulation 
650 0 4 |a Electrostimulation 
650 0 4 |a Firmware 
650 0 4 |a Functional electric stimulation 
650 0 4 |a Internet of things 
650 0 4 |a medical device 
650 0 4 |a Medical Devices 
650 0 4 |a Motor rehabilitation 
650 0 4 |a Processing modules 
650 0 4 |a rehabilitation 
650 0 4 |a Sensor in healthcare 
650 0 4 |a sensors in healthcare 
650 0 4 |a Spinal cord injury 
650 0 4 |a Three term control systems 
700 1 0 |a Borges, L.H.B.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Dantas, A.F.O.A.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a De Almeida, T.F.  |e author 
773 |t Sensors