ExpHand Prosthetics

扩展手假肢

• 批准号: 10055244
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: EXPHAND PROSTHETICS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10055244
• 关键词: ExpHand; Prosthetics

ExpHand Prosthetics provides life changing upper limb prosthetics that give children their independence back. Our novel 3D printed prosthetics cost 90% less than current competitor products, are provided direct to consumers and can be adjusted to grow with a child. ExpHand Prosthetics fills a gap in the market by designing with children in mind and making use of novel manufacturing methods to produce a prosthetic unlike any other on the market that can give children independence at a critical developmental stage.95% of people don't have access to prosthetics due to high costs, limited usability and limited availability of trained professionals. This is particularly evident in children, who grow out of prosthetics in as little as 12 months and low--middle income (LMI) countries where prosthetics are prohibitively expensive, costing 8 months' salary at a living wage in Nigeria.Current prosthetics are not sustainable as they are custom fit and can't be reused. Repairs are made by overseas manufacturers which requires expensive shipping and months without a prosthetic meaning them unattainable for many users.The user is at the heart of the ExpHands design as an adjustable, lightweight and customisable prosthetic for children, encouraging them to use their prostheses, increasing self-confidence and independence. Our child friendly prosthesis reduces the worry of breaking an expensive item and the ability to quickly and easily repair or adjust the prosthesis minimises down time and ensures children have continual use of their prosthesis. The adjustability of the ExpHand means that it is able to grow with a child, reducing routine downtime and relearning every 6 -- 12 months when a prosthetic would typically become too small and need to be replaced.The main goals for this project are to bring the product to market, test assumptions and trial expansion which will be done by making visits to potential manufacture sites, adapting the product for the demands of new markets, researching and trialling the 3D printing on location model and developing our supply chain.The outputs of this project will be to determine if on demand, on location manufacturing is a suitable manufacturing option for ExpHand through a pilot test, analysing and updating our supply chain for international growth and improving the product based on international insights and international product requirements.

expphand Prosthetics提供改变生活的上肢假肢，让孩子们重新独立。我们的新型3D打印假肢比目前的竞争产品成本低90%，直接提供给消费者，可以调整以与孩子一起成长。expphand Prosthetics填补了市场空白，在设计时考虑到儿童，并利用新颖的制造方法，生产出与市场上任何其他假肢不同的假肢，可以让儿童在关键的发展阶段独立。由于昂贵的费用、有限的可用性和有限的训练有素的专业人员，95%的人无法获得假肢。这在儿童中尤其明显，他们在短短12个月内就不再需要假肢，而在中低收入（LMI）国家，假肢非常昂贵，在尼日利亚需要8个月的生活工资。目前的假肢是不可持续的，因为它们是定制的，不能重复使用。维修由海外制造商完成，这需要昂贵的运费和几个月没有假肢的时间，这对许多用户来说是无法实现的。用户是expphands设计的核心，它是为儿童设计的可调节、轻便和可定制的假肢，鼓励他们使用他们的假肢，增加自信和独立性。我们的儿童友好型假肢减少了损坏昂贵物品的担忧，并且能够快速轻松地修复或调整假肢，最大限度地减少了停机时间，并确保儿童持续使用他们的假肢。ExpHand的可调节性意味着它能够与孩子一起成长，减少常规停机时间和每6 - 12个月重新学习一次，当假肢通常变得太小而需要更换时。该项目的主要目标是将产品推向市场，测试假设和试验扩展，这将通过访问潜在的生产基地来完成，根据新市场的需求调整产品，研究和试验3D打印的位置模型，并发展我们的供应链。该项目的输出将是通过试点测试确定按需就地生产是否是expphand的合适制造选择，分析和更新我们的供应链以实现国际增长，并根据国际见解和国际产品要求改进产品。