Updating body-powered Upper-Limb Prostheses

更新身体驱动的上肢假肢

• 批准号: 10018523
• 金额: $ 0.94万
• 依托单位: METACARPAL LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10018523
• 关键词: Updating; body; powered; Upper; Limb

As the population of major upper-limb amputees in the UK is relatively small (around 9,000), it is imperative for Metacarpal to look at international markets. Prosthetics sales most commonly are made by recommendation from a prosthetist, who will then purchase the device from a distributor. Therefore, Metacarpal are looking to begin building relationships with international distributors as well as find user information that may vary between regions.Glaze Prosthetics is a distributor based in Poland, although also have partnerships with clinics all over Eastern Europe, the USA and India, which account for the world's largest and growing markets - particularly the USA which is currently the world's largest market with the upper limb sector valued at $544 million. They have developed an innovative platform called I'AM which brings much of the prosthetics services online, enabling prosthetists to simply enter in measurements and a 3D scan of the residual limb, resulting in a perfectly fitting prosthetic socket. This is a far cheaper, quicker and eco-friendly system than the traditional casting process that is still used in most of the world. They are developing products which meet the new demand for bionic style that users can feel confident wearing and are particularly enthusiastic about body-powered devices due to their increased functionality.We produce innovative new prosthetic hands that are entirely body-powered, making a partnership with Glaze Prosthetics most ideal. Within the study working together we will test out their manufacture methods, have our product evaluated by them and even find more information on the preferences of prosthesis users in this region. This all feeds directly into the following design process ensuring that the two companies can work together in the future.

由于英国主要上肢截肢者的人数相对较少（约9,000人），因此Metacarpal必须着眼于国际市场。义肢销售最常见的是由义肢专家推荐，然后他们会从经销商那里购买设备。因此，Metacarpal正在寻求开始与国际分销商建立关系，并寻找可能因地区而异的用户信息。Glaze Prosthetics是一家总部位于波兰的经销商，尽管也与东欧、美国和印度的诊所建立了合作关系，这些诊所占据了世界上最大和不断增长的市场，尤其是美国，目前是世界上最大的市场，上肢市场价值5.44亿美元。他们开发了一个名为“I’am”的创新平台，该平台将许多假肢服务带到网上，使假肢医生只需输入测量数据和对残肢进行3D扫描，就能制作出完美匹配的假肢插座。与世界上大多数地区仍在使用的传统铸造工艺相比，这是一种更便宜、更快、更环保的系统。他们正在开发产品，以满足对仿生风格的新需求，用户可以自信地佩戴，并且由于其功能的增加，对身体动力设备特别感兴趣。我们生产创新的全新假肢手，完全由身体驱动，与Glaze假肢合作是最理想的。在合作研究中，我们将测试他们的制造方法，让他们对我们的产品进行评估，甚至找到更多关于该地区假肢用户偏好的信息。这些都直接反馈到接下来的设计过程中，以确保两家公司在未来能够合作。