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In the rehabilitation nursing of scoliosis patients, the rehabilitation exoskeleton is often used as an auxiliary medical device to improve the rehabilitation nursing effect of postoperative treatment or non-surgical treatment. In this paper, a new lightweight exoskeleton of the spine is proposed for correction, rehabilitation, and treatment of abnormal deformation of the spine. In some exoskeleton designs for correction of human scoliosis, the shape, volume, and mass of exoskeleton are not adequately controlled, which results in complex wearing, heavy feeling, and uncomfortable wearing. In this paper, the design principle and process of rehabilitation exoskeleton for scoliosis patients are introduced in detail. Notably, the concept of generative design is applied to the plan to optimize the appearance and structure of multiple parts of exoskeleton, to minimize the weight of exoskeleton. Then, the mechanical structure of exoskeleton after generative design is verified by finite element analysis. Finally, the exoskeleton is imported into the multi-body dynamics simulation software to simulate the working process of the exoskeleton. The results show that the bearing capacity of the mechanism after the generative design is in line with the requirements of the structure without generative design.
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The study was supported by Key projects of national key research and development plan (2017YFF0207400): Research on key technologies and important standards of health services and remote health monitoring for the elderly and the disabled.
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Chen, L., Li, Y., Han, L., Yuan, L., Sun, Y., Tang, X. (2020). Generative Design and Simulation of the Exoskeleton in Patients with Scoliosis. In: Elderly Health Services and Remote Health Monitoring. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7154-1_2
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