An intelligent transport for living in dignity...9th World Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG), June 18-21, 2014, Taipei, Taiwan.
Purpose The wheelchair is currently the most commonly used device to increase users' mobility, but it cannot assist them to stand or to transfer to another device. Although stand-up wheelchairs can help users to stand, they do not provide the function of transfer. While most of the standing frames p...
| Publicado en: | Gerontechnology Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 95 - 97 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=180444726&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 180444726 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 15691101 904R jtl: Gerontechnology issn: 15691101 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2014 Special Issue vid: 13 iid: 2 pid: 54298 pub: International Society for Gerontechnology artinfo: ui: 180444726 180444726 180444726 10.4017/gt.2014.13.02.303.00 180444726 ppf: 95 ppct: 2 formats: tig: atl: An intelligent transport for living in dignity...9th World Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG), June 18-21, 2014, Taipei, Taiwan. aug: au: CHEN, K.-H. PAN, C.-Y. affil: College of Communication and Design, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan sug: subj: Persons with Disabilities Transportation Assistive Technology Devices Equipment Design Human Dignity Wheelchairs Congresses and Conferences Taiwan Taiwan ab: Purpose The wheelchair is currently the most commonly used device to increase users' mobility, but it cannot assist them to stand or to transfer to another device. Although stand-up wheelchairs can help users to stand, they do not provide the function of transfer. While most of the standing frames provide a standing function, few provide the function of transfer and movement. On the other hand, a patient lift device may provide a transfer function, but not movement or standing. In short, there is no device currently on the market that can assist in standing, transfer, and movement. In other words, there is a huge demand to design such a device in order to improve the daily living quality of people who cannot stand and walk and to aid their caregivers. This paper presents the development of an intelligent transporter, i-Transport, for the disabled to live a freer daily life with dignity. Working closely with end users, this research aims to design an intelligent, lightweight, and inexpensive wheelchair with standing and transferring features. Method After observation and in-depth interviews with patients at their own homes, we designed the i-Transport after a patent titled "assistance mechanism for assisting patients to stand up"1. The i-Transport is a lightweight, electric wheelchair with a moving seat and handles for sitting and stand-up positions. It is equipped with a remote control for controlling back and forth movement at the user's convenience (Figure 8). Results & Discussion The i-Transport was designed with an embedded health-monitoring system for tracking blood pressure and breathing conditions, allowing the disabled to stand, move around, and meet their demand for independence. The i-Transport is a multi-functional carrier (Figure 9) with features for lifting, shifting, standing, and moving, while also serving as a physiological monitor, thus assisting the disabled to undertake daily chores and have a freer and safer daily life without the need for body contact from caregivers, and hence, to live in dignity. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: abstract pictorial proceedings research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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