Modular Convertible Child Safety Seat to Improve Usage

项目总结/摘要 明尼苏达州健康解决方案公司建议开发一种创新的全新可转换儿童安全座椅。 儿童安全座椅安装在车辆上，通过正确连接和张紧主要锚固点。适当 附件的使用是极其重要的，因为这些附件显著地减少了儿童在机动车中的头部损伤 崩溃儿童安全座椅不方便，使用困难。几项大型研究 据观察，只有10%到20%的儿童被正确地固定在正确安装的座椅上。不当 使用儿童约束装置大大降低了其有效性，是一个主要的公共卫生问题。的 拟议的儿童安全座椅将非常易于使用，并将大大提高能见度和可用性， 附件。我们假设，一个儿童安全座椅，提供了一个方便，易于使用的附件将 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， 死亡一个跨学科的研究小组已经组装，以定义，建立和评估一个原型 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.