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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 […] |