18th October 2021
The client found that the height of her 3-wheeled walker could not be adjusted low enough for her. Often, this can be easilly achieved by drilling extra adjustment holes and/or cutting the frame a bit lower, but this would not have given enough reduction in this case.
13th October 2021
The client is a lady who has substantially lost the use of her left arm as a result of a stroke. She has fairly long hair and, prior to the stroke, was used to using the sprung type of hairgrip to hold her hair back from her face. Fitting of this type of hairgrip is very much a two-handed operation where one hand is used to hold the bundled hair while the other opens the sprung hairgrip and positions it over the hair bundle.
The challenge was to make a device that would allow this operation using only one hand.
13th October 2021
The client is a lady who has substantially lost the use of her left arm as a result of a stroke. She is fairly short and is unable to reach over the sink to open her kitchen window. A previous attempt to solve the problem using the usual type of Remap window opener had failed as, with only one hand, she was unable to support the weight or to apply the twisting force required to turn the window catch. The challenge was to produce a window opener but with the additional constraints that it had to be light weight and easy to operate with one hand.
22nd September 2021
The client uses a MiniLift sit-to-stand aid for transfers but the sling is unsuitable. The Oxford Journey aid has a more suitable sling, but the aid itself is too large to maneuver inside the client’s home and its sling uses a 4-point fixing, and so could not be used on the MiniLift, which has a 2-point attachment
26th August 2021
The client’s arthritis makes it painful to grasp the small knob on her wheelchair joystick.
3rd June 2021
A bariatric client with motor neuron disease wishes to self-insert suppositories and enemas while seated over the toilet. This required the means to roll sideways to expose the anus and an enlarged opening to provide access.
25th April 2021
The wheels of the client’s existing rollator slip on a steep hill with a camber, meaning she sometimes has to cling to a signpost and wait for a passer-by to help her. She did not have the strength to apply the brakes for extended periods going downhill.
23rd April 2021
Client has Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome and her weak arms cause difficulty with lifting them above waist height, so has trouble with doing makeup, hair-drying, hair straightening, etc. She had tried resting arms on, for example, a dressing table but they still have a mind of the own and drift outwards.
18th April 2021
The client requires a step to encourage correct posture when sitting in a dining chair, which will not move out of place but can be removed when required.
18th November 2020
The client finds the hard plastic footrests of her Triton 2 specialist chair too hard for her bare feet and she is not keen to wear shoes. 
18th November 2020
A client with MS is unable to reach the mouthpiece of her hydration bottle without assistance.
18th November 2020
Standard bed rails will not fit a profiling bed without interfering with the bed mechanism or rely on being clamped in position by the weight of the mattress on the bed frame, which is not usually sufficient.
12th November 2020
A 16 year old with Down Syndrome and autism is unsafe out and about on his own and needs 24 hour supervision. He has a tendency to suddenly decide he needs to go out of the house on his own. To promote independence and safety in case of a fire, he needs to have access to house keys. The usual locators are unsuitable because he cannot be relied on to take one with him.
18th August 2020
A client with Down’s Syndrome and dementia had standard ¾ length bed rails attached to his bed. He has recently started getting up in the night which involves him in scooting down the bed and leaving through the narrow gap at the bottom. He is not able to collapse the rails and leave in the normal way. His carers had two concerns. Firstly that he would injure himself in scooting down the bed and back up, and secondly that the existing rails were not firm enough for him to manoeuvre himself when he returned to the bed.
The existing rails were on loan, so modification was not allowed.
Existing bed rails
11th August 2020
The manufacturer of a specialist buggy does not offer a raincover, leaving our client vulnerable to the elements.
20th February 2020
A paediatric physiotherapist had been working, unsuccessfully, to improve the walking posture of a child with a rare condition. The child had become a toe walker and, despite focussed physiotherapy and targeted botox treatments, the toe walking remained. Her previous experience of working with autistic children hinted that perhaps a sensory element is connected with the child’s condition. She discovered that, if she activated the vibration mode on her phone and placed this against the sole of the child’s foot, they enjoyed the sensation to such an extent that if the phone was moved, the child would follow with their foot. With impending surgery to lengthen tendons, it was imperative to find an effective physiotherapeutic solution to offer the best possible outcome.
29th January 2020
The controller for this chair has four buttons mounted close together. Two of the buttons resulted in the chair becoming completely horizontal which caused the client to panic. Her carers requested that these two buttons should be covered so that the client could not accidentally operate them.
29th January 2020
The client fears that weakness in her legs will allow her to fall forward out of the seat of her stairlift.
21st January 2020
This client, who has motor neuron disease, lives with and is cared for by his family. He had been supplied with a mattress elevator to allow him to get out of bed unaided. Unfortunately he had almost no strength in his hands so had no chance of operating the small buttons on the original remote control supplied.
6th January 2020
The client wishes to be able to take a folding bike in his car boot, but is finding that his reduced strength makes it harder to fold it up and load into the car. The design of the bike is such that it does not stand up when folded, so requiring three hands to manipulate it.
20th December 2019
A young man with severe cerebral palsy and spasms was being lifted by his carers into and out of a Lecky bath chair for bathing, affecting their backs. The usual solution of a wheeled hoist was not suitable because the legs would not pass under the bath (which is closed by a tiled panel). The home is rented and the parents were unwilling to ask the ladlord to alter the bathroom, including the installation of an overhead railed hoist.
20th December 2019
The client is having increasing difficulty removing her net curtains for washing and subsequently re-fitting them. Balancing on an unstable chair is no longer an option.
15th December 2019
The client is a 10 year old boy who has been totally blind since birth. He is very determined and has learnt to play a keyboard instrument and to ride a bike in the playground apparently using echo location to avoid obstacles. He attends a main stream primary school with special needs teaching assistants. His teachers were keen to achieve two goals –
The Talking Archery Target is the second Remap device of this type produced for him. The first, the Aim Trainer consisted of a target which emitted a sound for him to use as location for aiming and throwing a ball. The target gave a verbal response when the ball struck. This device could also be attached to the net of a football goal and to the stumps in cricket. Following the success of this device, his teachers asked for something more challenging resulting in this project to produce an archery target which could respond to an arrow strike with a verbal message.
26th November 2019
Client uses a wheelchair and is both visually and hearing impaired. Part of his visual impairment means that if the ambient light is too bright and causes him discomfort, even on overcast days. Because of the way his seat is located in front of the frame of his chair, a parasol/umbrella will not provide enough shade. He requires a hood/canopy to shade him so he can enjoy the garden at his day centre.
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