All of a movement - In a possible platform, wheelchair itself is fairly static. Or in a handful of may also be set to not have to be adapted to the user's specific conditions, steel and aluminum frames to support the leather or plastic foam is filled. 3D printing has been made to fit the exact shape and the needs of the rider wheelchair: London design company, has been working from two years ago in order to create an alternative.
GO wheelchair is due to (HU-GO, please do not be confused with other 3D printing wheelchair project) Benjamin Hubert, director of the brainchild of the London design agency layer.
"It seemed like a kind overlooked many of the cottage industry," Hubert told to TechCrunch in an interview. "Different injury, disability, body shapes and sizes, in some of the many fitting problems in order to answer, just by using the establishment only of technology, or by obtaining a low price point, there are a lot of opportunity to push things forward. "
GO is not just catch all of the design happens to be a possible 3D printing. Layer, to create a customized process of end-to-end, has partnered with the 3D design company Materialise. The user's body is actually scan, their needs will be evaluated. That information is combined with the one-piece sheet made to its specifications.
People who have lost a leg, things are, while you can be adjusted to take her off-center balance to account, for example, a person with a backup in the middle of the spinal cord injury is high and back more support there are times when the seat back is required. Made seats in order to measure, perhaps, many users spend in their own chair, is a more comfortable experience a lot of time.
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"This is in order to cope with the very sensitive user base of needs, it turned out to be a very viable solution for something that requires a form that has been adjusted very finely," Hubert Told.
The only sheet (printed on the large-format device - it is, the desktop does not come from the printer) (sintered aluminum for durability) and the footrest has been custom-designed. The remainder in order to reduce the cost, is composed of off-the-shelf parts, repair simple.
GO- gloves -2The company is in dialogue with the wheelchair users, we designed things in their feedback. GO is (a tank that "these chairs in your own right," said Hubert) that pretty is not ready for the wheelchair basketball, players were consulted anyway.
Heavy users proposed a one other improvement: push rim on the wheel is, usually, is a round of only metal - not the best of simple and durable for grip, actually poor ergonomics is, stress injury it can lead to. Layer has designed a sheath with a special glove to use for it and the texture of the "most BMX bike" grip.
Creation process, after the biometrics have been collected, they will be terminated by the user in the app that allows you to select the print color and any element. Layers to produce a chair a much shorter wait than other custom solutions in two weeks, we argue that it is possible to provide.
Now GO remains in the form of a prototype, and will be at the end of the exhibition of this month at the Design Week of Clerkenwell. Hubert has been described that is almost finished design, now is facing scrutiny from the European response to the National Health Service and the FDA. However, health care providers, a wheelchair manufacturer, is interested already in the design sports companies, he added.
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