Gloves for Arthritis Treatment

over 6 years ago by venezuela22

Which problem are you trying to solve?

The problematic is the pain and immobility that suffer patients with arthritis, chronic disease that has no cure, and
affects in some cases the joints of the hands, which are our main working tools.

How are you going to solve the problem?

With a prevention and treatment system integrated in a pair of gloves that joins two types of treatments: heat and
electric pulses.In this way they can use it, when they need it, without leaving home.

What is the impact of your project?

Make it accessible in price and availability for people suffering this disease.
And increase their quality of life.

How can the project be manufactured in the OpenLab?

With the knowledge and materials to make the prototype and especially the electronics to make the sensors and control
work.

Describe your project in detail

The gloves are made for a prevention and treatment system of arthritis, where the main benefits are:
-Pain relief: It
help to produce endorphins. (Block pain signals from the brain)
-No side effect, because it is drug free.
-Relax the
muscles and increase the blood circulation.
This system could be use in the house of the patient and use it by
themselves.
The gloves made with lycra or spandex contents:
1. The transmission wares, pass through all joints of the
hand and transmit the heat or electrical pulses. This components are flexible and washables.
2. The control touch, where
the patient can choose between the mode and intensity, and turn on and off the system.
3. The battery which is
removable and chargeable.
The performance of the system is: Put on the gloves, adjust them and choose heat or electric
pulses and then the intensity (depends the condition of patient) and wait.

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SabineFabLabIng over 6 years ago
can you compare your gloves with the "normal" therapy in short please? how would be the heating or pulses in
normal therapy way? what afford is it for the patient?
Omarhasayn89 over 6 years ago
A nice idea ... I would like to ask about the effectiveness of the project. What is the speed of the joints'
response to treatment compared with the traditional treatment ...
And for the dose of medicine used in the glove I think
it should be in coordination with the doctor and
It depends on the patient's response to the treatment