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Innovative Wheelchair Accessibility System for Health Care - Prototype Development and Market Analysis

Join our team in creating a device to enhance wheelchair user access to health care equipment. Our system vertically translates and rotates patients and wheelchairs for seamless positioning. The device is transportable, battery-powered, safe, and adaptable to various health care settings. With unique safety features and market advantages, our project aims to meet industry demands and increase economic viability. Explore our future plans for device simulation and design optimization.

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Innovative Wheelchair Accessibility System for Health Care - Prototype Development and Market Analysis

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  1. Disabled Patient Positioning SystemTeam Members:Hani Bou-ReslanBen MogaJoel RotroffTom PearceMarch 5th, 2004

  2. OBJECTIVE • Create a device that will allow wheelchair users access to health care devices. • Specifically, the device must be able to vertically translate and rotate the patient and wheelchair.

  3. Existing Competition • There is no comparable device on the market. • Closest examples are designed strictly for lifting, do not posses rotational capabilities, and are bulky.

  4. Device Specifications • Final weight 350 lbs. • Designed to support 500 lbs. • Elevate from minimum height (3”) to maximum height (9”) in 7 seconds. • Rotate 360° in 15 seconds.

  5. Desired Characteristics • Transportable. • Battery powered. • Easily maintained and cleaned. • Safe and comfortable for patients and clinicians. • Applicable in multiple heath care settings. • Quiet.

  6. Safety Specifications • Ramp dimensions. • 2” railing on all sides. • Safety belt holding wheelchair in place. • Powerless retraction to minimum height if necessary.

  7. Market Expectations • Expected clientele: • Hospitals. • Dentists. • Individual Clinics. • Advantages in the market: • Limited, indirect competition. • Expected product life of 5 years. • Simple to use, easy to store.

  8. The Market • The deciding factor: Money • Need to prove that the device has an economic right to exist. • Insurance savings. • Alternative • Lobby, make the device a requirement.

  9. Device Simulation

  10. Future Work • Streamline Design: • Reduce total weight without sacrificing strength. • Improve overall versatility of design. • Aesthetically pleasing. • Patent Application

  11. Questions?

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