Title :
Patient transfer device for wheelchair user commode accommodation
Author :
Bain, Justin ; Byashirov, Oleg ; Swanson, Kurt ; Yzquierdo, Keith
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Stevens Inst. of Technol., Hoboken, NJ, USA
Abstract :
There is no device currently on the market that can sufficiently assist a handicapped individual in moving from a wheelchair to a toilet seat and back. Toilet seats are often significantly lower than wheelchair seating surfaces, which makes it particularly difficult for wheelchair users to move their own body weight up and down when transferring to the toilet. The group has designed and will construct a device that will afford groundbreaking functionality to handicapped persons so they may comfortably and effortlessly move themselves between a wheelchair and a toilet seat.
Keywords :
biomechanics; biomedical equipment; handicapped aids; groundbreaking functionality; handicapped person; patient transfer device design; toilet seating; wheelchair seating surface; wheelchair user; wheelchair user commode accommodation; Buildings; Educational institutions; Hydraulic actuators; Injuries; Mechanical engineering; Performance analysis; Process design; Radio access networks; Roads; Wheelchairs;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9105-5
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9106-3
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.2005.1431943