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(2023·张家口一模)Blynn Shideler arrived at Stanford with an award-winning health device.The device addresses a need in the cerebral palsy community.Often, kids with cerebral palsy — a group of disorders that affect movement, balance, and posture — need daily sessions with a physical therapist (治疗专家) to build strength and improve motor skills.
Studying bioengineering at Columbia University, Shideler thought there must be a better way.He worked with other students to design a device that would make it easier for these kids to perform their therapy exercises at home, or anywhere.The result was BUDI — the Biofeedback Upper-limb Device for Impairment — a bracelet (手环) with sensors that tracked motion and provided feedback on how the users could adjust their movements.
BUDI was named “Most Outstanding Design Project from Columbia Biomedical Engineering”.A teenager in Ohio reached out and said, “I have CP, saw your product and would love to see if it works on me.” But Shideler had no bracelets to give him.His team had only built two samples.So, inspired by that message from someone he didn't know living across the country,Shideler set out to produce BUDI on a larger scale (规模).
In 2021, Shideler got involved in Stanford School of Medicine and planned to start a program that would give children with cerebral palsy the opportunity to try technologies for improving mobility.He got a permission from the FDA's Pediatric Device Consortium to develop wearable devices.Shideler also attended an introductory session for CardinalKit, an open-sourced platform designed by Stanford researchers for coding digital health research projects.
“I learned about building an app and what we can do with the sensors on smartwatches and phones,” he said.“Maybe BUDI could be designed as software on a smartwatch rather than building bracelets.” If kids anywhere could download BUDI in the app store, Shideler thought, they could have physical therapy on demand on their wrists.