Transcript Deep Tissue Stimulation: The Hug Machine

Preston Steele
BME 281
Tuesday November 15, 2011
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Only known cause is a mutation of a gene
known as the Fragile X gene
Characterized by intellectual disabilities, poor
communication skills and social behaviors,
and sometimes repetitive behaviors.
Approximately 1 in 110 people are diagnosed
with it
Invented by Temple
Grandin
 Applies lateral
pressure to squeeze
stress out of patients
 Materials: plywood,
thick, soft padding,
with remote control
and air compressor
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1965- Temple Grandin Invents first Hug
Machine
2007- Carnegie Mellon Biomedical
Engineering students redesign Hug Machine
and make first prototype of new design
ORIGINAL DESIGN
REDESIGN FOR PRACTICALITY
AND IN HOME USE
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Cheaper to make
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Easier to put together
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More available in clinical settings as well as in
home use
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Hug Machine -Temple Grandin. Digital image. Designed Objects. Web. 12
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College of Engineering. Carnegie Mellon University, 27 Sept. 2007. Web. 12
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