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Dexterit-E 3.5 and Dexterit-E Explorer 1.2

Posted on Feb 11, 2015

KINGSTON, ON  New KST tests and significant usability enhancements have been released by BKINs Development Team.

BKIN Technologies is pleased to announce the release of version 3.5 of Dexterit-E: BKINs proprietary experiment control software for safe, effective control of KINARM LabsTM. Duncan McLean, Senior Software Developer, noted that this is the highest number of enhancements ever released at one time. They covered a range of Dexterit-E functions and user requests: from custom task control and useability, to enhanced calibration of the KINARM Gaze-Tracker, to new KINARM Standard Tests for our clinical research users. Some of the key enhancements include:

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3.5.0 – Dexterit-E and Dexterit-E Explorer 1.2.0 – Released

Posted on Feb 10, 2015

We are very pleased to be releasing simultaneously Dexterit-E 3.5.0 and Dexterit-E Explorer 1.2.0! For a complete list of updates please check out the download pages and the release notes:

Dexterit-E 3.5.0: Downloads
Dexterit-E Explorer 1.2.0: Downloads

Dexterit-E 3.5.0 comes with several major new features that improve both task development and overall usability. Of special note are:
Instructional videos
It is now possible to use Dexterit-E Explorer 1.2.0 or higher to make videos that can be displayed to the subject before a Custom Task is run. Each protocol can have its own video.
Analysis and Reporting
The analysis and reporting framework has been significantly rewritten to make it considerably more efficient. Exporting CSV analysis results and generating reports should take about 15-30% of the time it took with Dexterit-E 3.4.
New Standard Tests and Normative Data
There are 2 new KINARM Standard Tests: Ball on Bar and Reverse Visually Guided Reaching.
Ball on Bar is a task for assessing bi-manual dexterity by balancing a ball, with declining friction, on a bar held by both hands. Reverse Visually Guided Reaching (RVGR) is very similar to the Visually Guided Reaching task, except that the hand feedback moves in the opposite direction of the actual hand. The purpose of the RVGR task is to test cognitive override abilities in neurologically impaired subjects. Normative data is now provided with the previously released Spatial Span
Test.
Enhanced Task Control Buttons
It is now possible to group task control buttons together in Dexterit-E. The Parameter Table Defn block allows you to define layouts for groups of buttons that will appear in Dexterit-E.
KINARM Gaze-Tracker Enhancements
When using the KINARM Gaze-Tracker it is now possible to perform several calibration/validation operations on a single subject, then apply the best result. There is a new TDK block for detecting if a subject’s gaze is in a target. We now record and save the subject’s pupil area to exam files as well saccade and fixation events.

BKIN Celebrates its 10th Anniversary

Posted on Dec 10, 2014

KINGSTON, ON – Champagne was on tap as BKIN celebrated ten years of success!

2014-12-10 15.19.36Suppliers, collaborators and supporters all gathered at BKIN’s shop on Railway Street to recognize a key milestone in their corporate history.

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First-Ever KINARM Camp a Huge Success

Posted on Aug 12, 2014

KINGSTON, ON  In early June, BKIN Technologies Ltd., hosted 13 customers from 9 different KINARM Labs to Kingston for intensive developer training.

Coming from all around the world including Fukushima University and UC Louvain, KINARM users gathered for 5 days of intensive training in the use and programming of KINARM Labs…

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BKIN moves to New Facility in the Heart of Kingston

Posted on Jul 5, 2013

Move brings manufacturing together with design and development teams

New signA dream long held by the BKIN team was finally realized today when the group completed their move to a new off-campus location on Railway St.  Just off Division St., in the heart of Kingston, the area allows the team to keep close physical proximity to their founder and collaborators at Queen’s University, while giving the team the “three-in-one” space that they needed: design, manufacturing and machining all under one roof in an affordable footprint.

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U.S., Chinese patents issued for BKIN’s flagship technology

Posted on May 1, 2013

KINGSTON, ON — BKIN Technologies Ltd. is pleased to announce that its KINARM™ robotic assessment system has been granted three patents.

Two patents, for “Method and Apparatus for Assessing Proprioceptive Function,” were granted by patent offices of China and the United States, respectively.  The patents relate to the KINARM’s method and apparatus for detecting, quantifying, and/or treating impairments in processing sensory information relating to limb movements and motor control.  A U.S. patent was also issued for “Robotic Exoskeleton for Limb Movement.”

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Road to Recovery: Ontario Brain Institute profiles KINARM project with Sunnybrook & Queen’s University

Posted on Mar 11, 2013

The on-line newsletter of the Ontario Brain Institute has profiled a collaborative project made possible by the partnership between the Ontario Brain Institute and the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), through the Technology Development Program. Allergan Canada Inc. (maker of BOTOX®) and BKIN Technologies Ltd. provided substantial in-kind and cash funding to enable this support.

Sunnybrook Research Institute also profiled the project.

KINARM inventor named to first-of-its-kind neuroscience research chair and wins prestigious national award for spinal cord research

Posted on Jan 14, 2013

 

Scott SMOL.2010BKIN Technologies Ltd. is pleased to announce that Dr. Stephen Scott, BKIN’s Chief Scientific Officer and inventor of its flagship technology, KINARM, has received two major awards for his pioneering research into understanding brain function and measuring the effects of brain injury.

Dr. Scott has been named Queen’s University’s first GlaxoSmithKline-Canadian Institutes of Health Research (GSK-CIHR) Chair in Neurosciences. The award enables him to continue his world-leading research into understanding brain function while at the same time translating his findings into real-world clinical tools.

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KINARM giving Canadian Olympians a head start

Posted on Jul 17, 2012

BKIN’s robotic technology profiled in Maclean’s Magazine

The current issue of Maclean’s magazine (July 17, 2012) has profiled the research program of BKIN’s customer, the University of Calgary Sports Medicine Clinic. The group, headed by Drs Sean Dukelow, Willem Meeuwisse, and Brian Benson, is studying the use of KINARM for the objective assessment of sport concussion injuries. With the support of Own the Podium, the Canadian sports organization focused on Olympic athletes’ performance, injury prevention and recovery, the group used the KINARM to assess the baseline performance of over 300 Olympic and varsity athletes.   With the help of KINARM Standard Tests, the group has been able to objectively identify decline in brain function following a concussion.

Queen’s University world-leading research tool opens a window into the ‘black box’ of brain injury

Posted on Nov 11, 2010

Combining robotics, virtual reality and standardized tests, KINARM system enables researchers to ‘fingerprint’ the subtle effects of disease and injury on the brain

KINGSTON, ON – They were the first in the world to give researchers a bilateral robotic tool for understanding the fundamentals of brain function.

Now, their work bolstered by research results and the creation of a library of standardized tests, a Queen’s University neuroscientist and his spinoff company, BKIN Technologies Ltd.,  are launching their new, automated version of its KINARM™ system at  the world’s largest neuroscience conference this week in California.

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