The SmartCane System: An Assistive Device for Geriatrics

Wu, Winston and Au, Lawrence and Jordan, Brett and Stathopoulos, Thanos and Batalin, Maxim and Kaiser, William and Vahdatpour, Alireza and Sarrafzadeh, Majid and Fang, Meika and Chodosh, Joshua (2010) The SmartCane System: An Assistive Device for Geriatrics. In: 3rd International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks.

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Abstract

Falls are currently a leading cause of death from injury in the elderly. The usage of the conventional assistive cane devices is critical in reducing the risk of falls and is relied upon by over 4 million patients in the U.S.. While canes provide physical support as well as supplementary sensing fee

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Date Deposited: 04 Mar 2026 08:56
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URI: http://eprints.eai.eu/id/eprint/2429

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