Market assessment of an eating assistive device for people living with movement disorder

针对运动障碍患者的饮食辅助装置的市场评估

• 批准号: 536748-2019
• 负责人: CampeauLecours, Alexandre
• 金额: $ 1.09万
• 依托单位: Université Laval
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Idea to Innovation
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=646773
• 关键词: Market; assessment; eating; assistive; device

The aim of this project is to complete a market assessment of an eating assistive device for people living with movement disorders. Being able to eat without the assistance of a caregiver is an important step towards autonomy. Unfortunately, many people living with movement disorders such as spasticity, spasms, ataxia and dyspraxia do not have this opportunity. It is indeed very difficult (great effort, not comfortable, spill a lot of food either because of abrupt movements or because they are not able to keep the utensil straight) or even impossible for them to eat autonomously. These movement disorders are linked to diagnosis such as cerebral palsy (43000 Canadians), spinal cord injuries (118000), multiple sclerosis (77000), cranio cerebral trauma, stroke (319000) and Parkinson's disease (55000). It is estimated by the researchers that the invention could directly reach 150000 Canadians (and obviously many more worldwide). The ageing of the population creates more stresses for this situation since we will have to take care of more people losing autonomy but with fewer active resources. **While different assistive technologies have been developed to assist people living with upper body disabilities, our investigations have shown that currently no devices meet the needs of people living with movement disorders (spasticity, spasms, ataxia and dyspraxia) either because they lack in functionality or because they are too expensive.**Our team has thus developed an innovative mechanical solution allowing the system to move in three dimensions while keeping the utensil always parallel to the ground and while reducing the impact of involuntary movements thanks to mechanical dampers.**The objective is to allow people living with movement disorders (spasticity, spasms, ataxia and dyspraxia) to eat autonomously. Within this project, the technology development is performed within a rich interdisciplinary team (mechanical engineering, occupational therapy, kinesiology, physiotherapy) using an iterative user-centered approach with potential users and clinical experts.******************

该项目的目的是完成对运动障碍患者的饮食辅助设备的市场评估。能够在没有照料者的协助下吃饭是迈向自治的重要一步。不幸的是，许多患有运动障碍的人，例如痉挛，痉挛，共济失调和发病障碍，没有这个机会。确实非常困难（伟大的努力，不舒服，要么是因为突然的动作，还是因为它们无法保持餐具的直率而溢出很多食物），甚至无法自主食用。这些运动障碍与诊断有关，例如脑瘫（43000名加拿大人），脊髓损伤（118000），多发性硬化症（77000），克拉尼奥脑部创伤，中风（319000）和帕金森氏病（55000）。研究人员估计，本发明可以直接到达150000名加拿大人（显然在全球范围内更多）。人口的衰老会给这种情况带来更多的压力，因为我们将不得不照顾更多失去自主权但积极资源较少的人。 **虽然已经开发出不同的辅助技术来协助上身残疾的人，但我们的调查表明，目前没有设备满足运动障碍者的需求（痉挛，痉挛，共济失调和功能障碍）要么是因为他们缺乏功能性，要么是因为他们始终不昂贵。由于机械阻尼器，降低了非自愿运动的影响。在该项目中，技术开发是在一个富有的跨学科团队（机械工程，职业治疗，运动学，物理疗法）中进行的，使用迭代用户以用户为中心的方法与潜在的用户和临床专家。**********************