Development of an immediate, post-surgery, upper-limb prosthesis: Wound soft, self-fittable and enabling critical rehabilitation and physiotherapy to start earlier for better healthcare outcomes.

开发术后即刻上肢假肢：伤口柔软、可自我调节，使重要的康复和物理治疗能够尽早开始，以获得更好的医疗效果。

• 批准号: 80454
• 金额: $ 18.02万
• 依托单位: KOALAA LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=80454
• 关键词: Development; immediate; post; surgery; upper

COVID-19 has further compounded the challenges faced by the NHS prosthetic service. At a time of movement restrictions and social distancing, traditional prosthesis is often unavailable or at best limited, reliant on a dedicated in-hospital appointment, Clinician and bespoke fitting appointment. This means amputees are missing out on critical early access to prosthesis, already having to wait over 6 months for first access - with COVID likely to increase this even further.Koalaa aim to address these challenges with the development of the world's first post-surgery prosthesis - a soft, flexible device that can be fitted at home or via telemedicine within 24 hours of an operation.Based upon our patented 'soft-socket' design, range of interchangeable tools and working with key NHS, patient and rehabilitation stakeholders, the revolutionary device will enable prosthesis use and rehabilitation to begin 6 months earlier than currently possible.Furthermore, the flexible, standard design means it can be easily fitted to a wide range of residual limbs in a similar way to a sock - provided in discrete sizes and flexibly fit to the user's limb without intervention. This approach completely removes the intensive, expensive hands-on nature of the prosthesis fitting service currently that results in amputees put at considerable COVID risk attending appointment.The proposed technology and design forms part of our portfolio of products aimed at addressing the high cost, high abandonment rate and poor comfort of current prosthesis, whilst helping address a key COVID-related challenge. The benefits of the technology are considerable and immediate.

COVID-19 进一步加剧了 NHS 假肢服务面临的挑战。在行动限制和社交距离限制的时期，传统的假肢通常无法使用，或者充其量是有限的，依赖于专门的院内预约、临床医生和定制的验配预约。这意味着截肢者错过了重要的早期获得假肢的机会，他们已经不得不等待 6 个多月才能首次获得假肢，而新冠疫情可能会进一步加剧这种情况。Koalaa 的目标是通过开发世界上第一个术后假肢来应对这些挑战。这是一种柔软、灵活的设备，可以在手术后 24 小时内在家中或通过远程医疗进行安装。基于我们获得专利的“软插座”设计，一系列可互换工具和使用 对于 NHS、患者和康复的主要利益相关者来说，这款革命性的设备将使假肢的使用和康复比目前提前 6 个月开始。此外，灵活的标准设计意味着它可以像袜子一样轻松地安装到各种残肢上 - 提供不同的尺寸，无需干预即可灵活地贴合到用户的肢体。这种方法完全消除了目前假肢装配服务的密集、昂贵的实际操作性质，导致截肢者在预约时面临相当大的新冠病毒风险。所提出的技术和设计构成了我们产品组合的一部分，旨在解决当前假肢的高成本、高废弃率和舒适度差的问题，同时帮助解决与新冠病毒相关的关键挑战。该技术的好处是巨大且直接的。