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Thursday, November 10, 2016

University of Rhode Island Professor Kunal Mankodiya Creating Smart Gloves for Parkinson's Patients

  • November 9, 2016    India-West Staff Reporter

  • University of Rhode Island biomedical engineering professor Kunal Mankodiya is working on creating wearable devices to improve the lives of people suffering from Parkinson’s disease.
    Mankodiya, who serves as the director of the university’s Wearable Biosensing Laboratory, is researching — with the help of some students — how to transform items such as gloves, socks, clothing and shoes into high-tech products, according to a URI report.
    “We are in the era of game-changing technology, especially in healthcare,” the Indian American professor said in the report. “URI’s College of Engineering is pioneering new medical devices that will change the way people receive medical care. It’s an exciting time for the university, and Rhode Islanders.”
    The research is focused on wearable items embedded with sensors, electronics and software. The items allow for data collection which is deliverable to doctors.
    In previous years, focusing on IoT, Mankodiya and his team created smart wearables such as a wristband to monitor tremors of Parkinson’s patients. This year, the focus has turned to smart textiles and designing items for patients with neurological illnesses, URI reported.
    Smart gloves are the most recent wearables the team has churned out, which monitor tremors and rigidity.
    The gloves are connected to cellphones that process data which is delivered to neurologists who then can make expedited decisions on treatments.
    “Patients with Parkinson’s face many mobility issues, driving and even walking long distances,” Mankodiya added in the report. “The glove will give patients the option of receiving healthcare while remaining at home, and it also reduces the risk of falls and other accidents.”
    Additionally, the researcher is working on high-tech socks for those who have suffered strokes. The socks will contain sensors and software to relay data to doctors and physical therapists to tailor rehab therapy, according to the report.
    Mankodiya is also working on other projects to record brain function to treat Parkinson’s and epilepsy, as well as creating smartwatch technologies for patients with psychiatric illness and autism, it added.
    A native of India, Mankodiya earned a bachelor’s in biomedical engineering from Saurashtra University and a doctorate in computer science from the University of Luebeck in Germany. He did his post-doctoral research at Carnegie-Mellon University before joining URI in 2014.
    Outside of URI, Mankodiya represents URI’s College of Engineering in Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, a federally-funded organization based at MIT.
    http://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/university-of-rhode-island-professor-kunal-mankodiya-creating-smart-gloves/article_1d84a264-a6aa-11e6-993d-6345126770a4.html

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