ExpHand Prosthetics

Exphand假肢提供了改变生活的上肢假肢，让孩子们重新获得独立。我们的新型3D打印假肢的成本比目前的竞争产品低90%，直接提供给消费者，可以根据儿童的成长进行调整。ExPhand假肢通过以儿童为中心进行设计并利用新的制造方法生产假肢来填补市场空白，这种假肢与市场上任何其他假肢都不同，可以让儿童在关键发育阶段独立。95%的人由于高昂的成本、有限的可用性和受过培训的专业人员的有限而无法获得假肢。这一点在儿童身上尤为明显，他们在12个月内就会长出假肢，在中低收入(LMI)国家，假肢价格高得令人望而却步，在尼日利亚需要8个月的工资和最低生活工资。目前的假肢无法持续，因为它们是定制的，不能重复使用。修复是由海外制造商进行的，这需要昂贵的运费和数月的时间，这意味着许多用户无法获得修复。用户是ExpHands设计的核心，它是一种可调整的、轻便的、可定制的儿童假肢，鼓励他们使用假肢，增加自信和独立性。我们的儿童友好型假体减少了损坏昂贵物品的担忧，能够快速轻松地修复或调整假体，最大限度地减少停机时间，并确保儿童继续使用他们的假体。ExPhand的可调整性意味着它能够与孩子一起成长，减少常规停机时间，每6-12个月重新学习一次假肢通常会变得太小，需要更换。该项目的主要目标是将产品推向市场，测试假设和试扩，这将通过访问潜在的制造地点，使产品适应新市场的需求，研究和试验3D打印的定位模型，并开发我们的供应链。该项目的输出将确定是否按需，现场制造是ExPhand的合适制造选项，并通过试点测试，分析和更新我们的供应链以实现国际增长，并根据国际洞察力和国际产品需求改进产品。

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.