Accessible Mounting and Positioning Technology

描述(申请人提供)：使用轮椅的人比以往任何时候都更活跃。他们的轮椅是一个移动站，是他们工作、娱乐和互动的基地。从轮椅上进入是必不可少的，但人们受到现有坐骑的限制。无障碍安装技术提高了残疾人的独立性和流动性，从而提高了自主性，改善了跨环境的无障碍。 对于现有的装载，需要协助移动设备以改进访问或更改活动。使用可访问的安装和定位技术，只需最少的力量和灵活性的人就可以轻松地移动和访问多个设备。低费力控制将设备锁定在稳定的、用户特定的位置，并释放设备以便于重新定位。双臂便于快速灵活的定位，优化功能。可以连接多个设备，如倾斜的书架和旋转托盘，增加了访问和选择。它可以根据用户的能力和不断变化的需求进行定制，具有通用的快速释放、可调节的阻力和床或桌子安装。通过将设备放置在靠近椅子的位置，传输过程中的安全性得到了增强。在第二阶段，根据第一阶段的结果和用户输入改进设计。消费者和专业人士通过焦点小组、访谈、可用性测试和个人环境中的扩展测试提供意见。使用SolidWorks软件开发了技术改进，以创建部件和组件的3D模型。MotionWorks用于“虚拟测试”部件，模拟运动学和动力学行为。利用MotionWorks计算出的载荷进行有限元分析，对臂架进行优化设计。3D文件被用来生产数控加工的零件，原型被组装并根据技术规范进行测试。 商业应用：核心技术是具有低力锁定/释放机构的双臂、轮椅附件硬件和通用快速释放附件。托盘、AAC支架、桌夹、床夹、落地架、基于摩擦的扶手和其他特定应用附件等模块化组件扩展了其在其他市场的用途和潜力，包括用于躺椅、办公椅、工作站、实验室、机械车间、照明和摄影的支架。与公共健康相关：拟议技术的目的是增强和最大限度地提高人的能力，增加他们在不同环境中的可及性和独立性。这种移动性、适应性和可访问性的技术减少了障碍，使人们更容易做更多的事情，过上更有生产力、更有成就感和更独立的生活。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): People using wheelchairs are more active than ever before. Their wheelchair is a mobile station, a base from which they work, play and interact. Access from their wheelchair is essential, yet people are constrained by limitations imposed by existing mounts. Accessible mounting technology increases the independence and mobility of people with disabilities, resulting in greater autonomy and improved access across environments. With existing mounts, assistance is required to move devices to improve access or change activities. Using Accessible Mounting and Positioning Technology, people with minimal strength and dexterity can easily move and access several devices. Low effort controls lock devices in stable, user-specific positions and free it for easy repositioning. The dual arm facilitates quick and flexible positioning to optimize function. Multiple devices, such as inclined book stands and rotating trays, may be attached, increasing access and choices. It may be customized for a user's abilities and changing needs, with universal quick releases, adjustable resistance and bed or table mounts. Safety is enhanced in transfers, with devices stowing close to the chair. In Phase II, the design is refined based on Phase I results and user input. Consumers and professionals provide input through focus groups, interviews, usability testing, and extended testing in a person's own environment. Technical improvements are developed using SolidWorks software to create 3D models of components and assemblies. MotionWorks is used to "virtually test" assemblies, simulating kinematic and dynamic behavior. Loads calculated by MotionWorks are used in Finite Element analysis, to optimize the arm design. 3D files are used to produce CNC-machined parts, and prototypes are assembled and tested to technical specifications. Commercial applications: The core technology is the dual arm with a low effort lock/release mechanism, wheelchair attachment hardware, and universal quick release attachments. Modular components such as trays, AAC mounts, table clamps, bed clamps, floor stands, friction-based arms, and other application specific accessories expand its utility and potential in other markets, including mounts for recliners, office chairs, work stations, labs, machine shops, lighting and photography. Relevance to public health: The aim of the proposed technology is to enhance and maximize a person's capabilities, increasing their access and independence across environments. This mobile, adaptable and accessible technology reduces barriers, making it easier for people to do more, leading more productive, fulfilling and independent lives.