All Posts By: Jason Burkholder

Barron Associates’ NIH-funded Virtual Occupational Therapy Assistant software has received Class II Medical Device clearance from the Food and Drug Administration.  For more information, please see:  https://www.nichd.nih.gov/news/releases/Pages/051517-rehabtech.aspx  

Barron Associates’ patent-pending Blink-based Communication System is designed to provide a virtual call button, allowing Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients and others with severe speech and mobility impairments to reliably signal for help any time they are in bed simply by blinking. Using only remotely mounted sensors, the system is unobtrusive yet able to reliably […]

Barron Associates recently learned that it will soon be awarded a utility patent on its Autonomous Fall Monitor technology. This technology is being used in conjunction with a collaborating firm to productize a wrist-worn fall monitor for use by seniors and others who can benefit from in-home monitoring. Although several research teams have previously attempted […]

A poster presentation titled “Validation Of A Wireless, Multimode, Polynomial Neural Network-based Physical Activity Monitor In Children” was presented at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) meeting May 29th, 2014 in Orlando, Fl. The HeartWing is a portable chest-worn monitor that estimates total energy expenditure and physical activity energy expenditure in free-living individuals with […]

Under a recently completed NASA SBIR Phase II project, Barron Associates led a team that compared Assurance Case methods for software assurance to a process based on the DO-178B standard that has been widely used in the aerospace industry for many years. Building on this success, Barron Associates has received Phase III funding to expand […]

Barron Associates recently completed an Air Force Research Laboratory funded, three-year effort entitled Multi-Vehicle Unmanned Aircraft Systems Sense And Avoid (MUSAA).  This program is a part of an ongoing larger effort by the Air Force to integrate unmanned platforms into the National Airspace System (NAS) and other theaters.  Barron Associates developed a unique, modular, extensible, […]

Barron Associates’ iCare is a video game created to treat amblyopia and convergence insufficiency. iCare was tested under an NIH National Eye Institute-funded clinical study. In this study, iCare was shown to have similar results to older computer-based vision therapy programs. However, participants in the study found the iCare system to be far more engaging […]

Barron Associates’ LimbTeq system is an accurate, low-profile, and convenient metabolic energy expenditure and physical activity monitor that is compatible with lower limb prostheses. The LimbTeq system collects these data through custom electronic sensors embedded within the prosthetic liner, and provides real-time user feedback via a wireless handheld touchscreen device. Such feedback will be helpful […]

Virtual Occupational Therapy Assistant (VOTA) is a computer-based virtual world in which stroke patients practice activities of daily living (ADLs), combining low-cost human motion tracking, commercial game engine technology, and evidence-based Occupational Therapy (OT) practice. In recently completed testing at the UVa HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital, fourteen stroke survivors successfully used the system in four one-hour […]

Barron Associates is pleased to announce that research led by Dr. Jason O. Burkholder and William T. Gressick has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 8,593,644 B2.  The work, conducted in collaboration with Southwest Research Institute and funded by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), is titled White Light Optical Profilometer for Measuring Complex Surfaces.  Key […]