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HAND FAM Presents: MUHB

Explore our affordable prosthetic hand with adjustable claw attachments, designed for individuals with hand/finger troubles or amputees. This innovative solution allows for easy picking up of household items, writing, and even eating.

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HAND FAM Presents: MUHB

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  1. HAND FAM Presents: MUHB D212-3: Austin Key, Sheridan Monroe, Griffin Gillam EF 152 Spring, 2019 Date: April 2, 2019

  2. Customer Requirements and Product Selection • Amputees or those with trouble using their hands / fingers • Having trouble picking up simple household items • Writing • Even eating • This is an affordable alternative to your standard prosthetic hand • Innovative attachments in a handy kit

  3. Conceptual Design • First idea was a simple claw attachment to a base that goes around your arm, worked like scissors to close • More affordable • Design: • Adjustable claw • Locks like scissors • Base that goes around arm

  4. Final Design • Arm extension with a push button that allows the user to switch out tools depending on their current need • Extremely easy to switch out a piece in an instant • There is a velcro piece to secure the device to the user’s arm

  5. Marketing Video

  6. Customer Feedback and Results • Interviewed Zoe Avgeris, friend from back home • Born with a birth defect in which she is unable to use her right hand • Easy to exchange attachments • Stays on the arm and does not move around / fall off • Helpful to have different attachments for different purposes • Comfortable • Easy to maneuver and use each attachment

  7. Cost and Time • Prototyping Material Costs: $23 • Design Time: 81 man hours • Cost for 1000 units: $8925 • Includes velcro, wood, fabric, metal wrench • Retail Price for 1 unit: $29.99

  8. Conclusions • Final design included a push button feature that allowed the user to switch out different attachments • The attachments can all be stored with minimal packing therefore being able to be taken on the go • The device is a simplified mechanical arm, more easily able to be used by people of all ages • Very affordable

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