Modular Convertible Child Safety Seat to Improve Usage

项目摘要/摘要 明尼苏达健康解决方案公司提议开发一种创新的全新可转换儿童安全座椅。 儿童安全座椅通过适当地连接和拉紧主要固定点来安装在车辆上。恰如其分 附件的使用是极其重要的，因为它们显著减少了机动车中儿童头部的伤害 坠毁。附件放置在儿童安全座椅上很不方便，而且很难使用。几项大型研究 据观察，只有10%到20%的儿童正确地将安全带系到正确安装的座椅上。不适当 儿童安全带的使用大大降低了其有效性，是一个重大的公共卫生问题。这个 拟议的儿童安全座椅将非常易于使用，并将显著提高可见性和可用性 这些附属品。我们假设，提供方便、易用附件的儿童安全座椅将 显著提高儿童安全座椅的正确使用率，减少与车辆碰撞有关的儿童伤害和 死亡。已经组建了一个跨学科的研究团队来定义、构建和评估原型 系统。产品开发将在严格的质量控制设计和测试过程中完成 以确保生产出安全有效的产品。

Project Summary/Abstract Minnesota HealthSolutions Corporation proposes to develop an innovative all-new convertible child safety seat. Child safety seats are installed in vehicles by properly attaching and tensioning the main anchorage points. Proper use of the attachments is extremely important as these significantly reduce child head injuries in motor vehicle crashes. Attachments are inconveniently located on child safety seats and difficult to use. Several large studies have observed that only 10% to 20% of children are correctly harnessed into correctly installed seats. Improper use of child restraints substantially reduces their effectiveness and is a major public health concern. The proposed child safety seat will be extremely easy-to-use and will dramatically increase the visibility and usability of the attachments. We hypothesize that a child safety seat that provides a convenient, easy-to-use attachment will significantly improve the rate of proper child safety seat usage and reduce vehicle crash-related child injuries and deaths. An interdisciplinary team of researchers has been assembled to define, build, and evaluate a prototype system. The production development will be completed in a rigorous quality-controlled design and testing process to ensure a safe and effective product is produced.