Customized Patient Solution

CUSTOMIZED PATIENT SOLUTION

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PROBLEM STATEMENT

• Design + build a completely custom desk, footrest, + keyboard for a patient with Muscular Dystrophy (MD)

CURRENT SOLUTION

OBJECTIVES

Increase Patient Productivity

Reduce Healthcare Costs

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Improve Quality of Life

TARGET IMPACT

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Desk

Footrest

Keyboard

• 3 axes of adjustability

• Noticeable reduction of pain

• 15 sec disassembly time

and swelling in feet/ankles • Increase in range of motion

• 150% increase in characters/minute

DESIGN METHODOLOGY

Recognition of Challenge

Information Gathering

Idea Evaluation

Problem Definition

Build

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Idea Generation

Validation

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

Manufacture + Build

Testing

Prototyping

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Design Refinement

Design Verification

SOLUTION

DESK Customer Needs: • Desk needs to fit through a standard doorway + fit laptop + keyboard • Sturdy + durable • Adjustable desk position

Solution: • Desk position is fully adjustable, + size aligns with width of wheelchair + standard doorway • Custom cutouts allow for greater mobility of wheelchair when desk is attached + allow the desk to integrate seamlessly with the wheelchair • Caregiver can easily attach + detach

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SOLUTION

DESK - 3D MODEL

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SOLUTION

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FOOTREST Customer Needs: • Size • Angular adjustability • Sturdiness

Solution: • Split design – one footrest per foot • Each footrest is fully adjustable + can swing out and away from wheelchair to allow greater caregiver access Image from Seating Dynamics

SOLUTION

FOOTREST PADDING + STRAPS • Commercial off the shelf solution integrated into custom footrest design

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SOLUTION

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FOOTREST: BEFORE + AFTER

Before: No Footrest

After: Footrest Attached

SOLUTION Customer Needs: • Increased typing efficiency • Less arm movement to reach keys • Shorter distance from keys to hand • Cursor navigation integrated into keyboard

Solution: • Split keyboard design, each half with an ergonomic design customized to the muscular capabilities of each hand • Custom keyboard layout based on patient usability + keystroke data

KEYBOARD

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CURSOR NAVIGATION

●Commercial off the shelf joystick, buttons, + trackball integrated into left hand keyboard for cursor navigation + click capability ●Patient has options for cursor navigation + can switch between the options as hand muscles fatigue during extended use

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SOLUTION

CUSTOM KEY LAYOUT

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IMPACT Desk • 3 axes of adjustability • Assembly: 13.5 seconds, Disassembly: 10.5 seconds

Footrest • Patient experienced a significant reduction in swelling + pain within a month of footrest installation

Keyboard

●Significant increase in patient’s characters per minute ●For a control test sentence typed sentence: Old (standard) keyboard: 27.9 seconds New (custom) keyboard: 21.8 seconds

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IMPACT CONTINUED

Client’s Final Remarks: “The swelling in my feet is going down.

They’re at least half the size. I might even be wearing shoes again by graduation time.” (April 10th) “I’ve spent my whole life adapting to things in the world, so it’s been really great having things adapted to me for a change.”

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COMMERCIAL PARTNERS

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