Designers: Melissa Latorre, David Semko and Jen Wei
Client Coordinator: Jennifer Edelshick, Duke Hospital
Supervising Professors: Kevin Caves, Richard Goldberg
INTRODUCTION Children in hospital settings can experience feelings of fear and anxiety when faced with the task of getting into wheelchairs. The purpose of this project was to design and assemble a wheelchair that is […]
Designers: Michael Cote, Thomas Musgrave and Andrew Schmidt
Client Coordinator: Lorie Martin
Supervising Professors: Richard Goldberg, Kevin Caves
INTRODUCTION Our client is an eight year-old boy with cerebral palsy and autism who, due to a recent surgery to his leg, spends little time voluntarily walking. The aim of this project is to build a device […]
Designers: Devin Odom, Krishana Wooding, and Jesse Longoria
Client Coordinator: Bill Dowe
Supervising Professors: Kevin Caves, Richard Goldberg
INTRODUCTION Our client is a man with double below-knee amputation who plays the piano, but can’t actuate the sustain pedal reliably with his prosthetic legs. The Thigh-Controlled Piano Pedal allows him to use his thigh to push […]
Designers: Ling Bei, Courtney Olmsted, Yao Quan Xie
Client Coordinator: Diane Felton, Duke Hospital
Supervising Professors: Richard Goldberg Kevin Caves
INTRODUCTION Children can face considerable psychosocial anxieties during hospital stays, especially when parents or guardians are absent. The PandaRoo comfort toy was designed to help alleviate these anxieties, through audio and visual components that can […]
Designers: Jared Gardner, Matthew Mian, and Dean Wang
Client Coordinator: Sue Cheng, OTR/L
Supervising Professors: Kevin Caves, Richard Goldberg
INTRODUCTION Our client is an adult with Freidrich’s Ataxia, who has great difficulty getting back into his wheelchair whenever he falls out. The Falls Recovery Lifting Device uses a hydraulic jack that lifts a chair 22″ […]
Designers: Emily M. Mugler, Steven E. Reich, and Margaret M. White
Client Coordinator: Kim Lyons
Supervising Professors: Richard Goldberg, Kevin Caves
INTRODUCTION Beepball is a sport similar to softball, designed for individuals who are visually impaired, where a beeping transmitter inside a 16-inch softball informs players of the ball’s location. The beeping transmitter in current […]
Designers: William L. Hwang, Brian C. Yeh, Rahul Kak
Client Coordinator: Ellie Kehoe, Occupational Therapist
Supervising Professor: Larry Bohs
INTRODUCTION Our client was an active seven-year-old boy with TAR syndrome, which caused him to have very short arms. We developed a biomimetic reaching assist device (BRAD), enabling him to acquire, manipulate, and transport objects out […]
Designers: Michael Holliday, Anastasios Kydoniefs, and Anna Leigh Rack-Gomer
Client Coordinator: Kim Lyons, Durham Parks and Recreation
Supervising Professor: Larry Bohs
INTRODUCTION Bumpers are required in power soccer to protect the player and provide a flat striking surface. The commercial bumpers used by the Durham team were difficult to attach and detach, and unstable during […]
Designers: Christian Agudelo, Dorothy Lowell and Troy Swimmer
Client Coordinator: Annette Lauber, North Carolina Assistive Technology Project
Supervising Professor: Larry Bohs
INTRODUCTION Our client is an energetic and active adult who has cerebral palsy (CP) and uses a wheelchair. We designed the Steady Stepper to address her request for a safe and effective weight-bearing home […]
Designers: Kelvin Ho, Jenna Olson, Rivai Tan
Client Coordinator: Nancy Hoopingarner,Physical Therapist, Durham Schools
Supervising Professor: Larry Bohs
INTRODUCTION A play system was developed for a nine-year-old child with severe cognitive and physical disabilities. It consists of a wheelchair canopy with activities that produce sounds when struck, two head-operated levers that strike the activities, and […]
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