MultiPurpose Arm Cycle Ergometer MPACE Minneapolis Adaptive Design

Multi-Purpose Arm Cycle Ergometer (M-PACE) Minneapolis Adaptive Design & Engineering (MADE) Program Minneapolis VA Health Care System University of Minnesota

Motivation for development of M-PACE • Post-flap surgical recovery of persons with SCI • Flap surgeries are often used to heal pressure injuries • Post-flap surgical recovery includes up to six weeks of bed rest • Muscle atrophy, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbance, etc. • Needed engaging fully supine exercise for SCI patients

Multi-Purpose Arm Cycle Ergometer (MPACE)

Fully supine exercise

Can be used on either side of the bed

Partially reclined exercise

Seated in bed exercise

Exercise in rooms with isolation precautions

Adjustable for seated and standing exercise

Exercise game for rehabilitation

Outcome measure built-in for tracking rehabilitation progress

Accepts various quick-attach handles

Allows in-phase or out-of-phase cycling

Machines “nest” together to save space

Technology transfer information • Patent pending (issues on July 9, 2018) • 20160258573 – Exercise machine and method for use in a supine position • Continuation patent pending • Technology owned by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the University of Minnesota • Market Analysis Estimate • $70 M - $275 M • Seeking a licensee to commercialize the technology

Regulatory information • Regulation: 890. 5370 Non-measuring exercise equipment • Product Code: ION • Classification: Class I • GMP Exempt from QSR • except for Records and • Complaint Files

Acknowledgement • Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health Award Number UL 1 TR 000114. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.