27th April 2014
The client has pulmonary disease, which necessitates a 24 hour oxygen supply. He is also a wheelchair user. He has purchased a new wheelchair but it lacks facilities for carrying the oxygen bottle within easy reach.
A purpose-made bracket was made and fitted to accommodate the oxygen bottle at the rear of the wheelchair.
The client now benefits from improved mobility.
27th April 2014
Toddlers with cerebral palsy enjoy being pulled through a willow ‘serpent’ in a local community garden but the person pulling has difficulty in negotiating the serpent.
The ‘tactile box’ is a trolley which was made with large wheels to run on uneven ground and has a ‘bucket’ in which the child can sit safely.
It is now much easier to pull the children through the serpent.
21st April 2014
The client is blind but has recently started using a ‘reading machine’. This is causing strain at the back of the neck and he needed a head support.
The client can see reading matter projected on to a television screen. Letters are 25mm high and he views from 150mm. The device is secured to the television by Velcro enabling him to rest his forehead as he reads.
This device takes the strain off the client’s neck so that he can read more comfortably.
16th April 2014
Toddlers with cerebral palsy visit a local community garden to view the aquatic wildlife but cannot see into the water from their buggies. As buggies often take two children, there are more children than teachers and so there would be safety problems if toddlers are taken out of their buggies.
A fully adjustable horizontal periscope which can be used to scan pond surface by a child in a buggy.
Children can more fully enjoy their visits to the garden.
10th April 2014
The client could not tell when he was shouting in a normal conversation.
The solution was an electronic belt-mounted aid, which measures the difference between the client’s voice and the ambient noise level. It vibrates when this difference exceeds a pre-determined amount alerting the client to the fact that he is shouting.
He is now able to talk without shouting when conversing socially or with clients of his local charity.
8th April 2014
This client is paralysed from neck downwards and lives alone. He sits in an electric posture chair. The only way he could drink was via an elongated straw placed precariously in a mug. It was found that he ingested air with each drink and could dislodge the straw
We adopted the ‘Came Bak bite valve’ (used by keen cyclists) which opens to release water when compressed by the mouth. This was connected by food quality tubing to a vented cyclist’s water bottle mounted suitably in an elevated position.
The client can now drink whenever he needs without air ingestion or fear of upsetting his mug.
8th April 2014
The client has multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair. She wanted to be able to drink without assistance.
An adjustable rig was made to support a water bottle at an elevated position and supply water to a ‘bite valve’ by gravity feed. The valve is located adjacent to the client’s mouth.
The client now has an independent means of accessing liquids.
8th April 2014
The client has limited arm movement with consequent difficulty in putting on jacket, shirt etc. He could not get a garment over his left shoulder. Various commercial aids had been tried by therapist but without success.
We identified that the client’s body movement should be employed by supporting the garment from a removable clip and cord hooked over the top edge of a door. The client places his right arm in the sleeve, then rotates his body to raise the garment over his left shoulder and puts his left arm in the sleeve.
The client can now dress himself unaided, and the smallness of the aid means it can taken on holiday easily.
8th April 2014
This lady has rheumatoid arthritis which creates difficulty in opening her fridge and freezer doors.
Two sheet metal handles were fixed to the doors enabling the client to open the doors from her wheelchair using clenched fists.
The client can now use her fridge and freezer independently.
8th April 2014
This client has multiple sclerosis and no use of his arms; he needed an alternative method of operating a camera. He was previously a professional photographer.
A probe (plastic chopstick) held between the client’s teeth was used as part of a jig. This was mounted at the table attachment point positioning the camera precisely in front of his face.
The camera can now be used without the use of arms and is adjustable by the client in order to achieve photographic composition.
11th March 2014
The client has a dislocated shoulder. She has difficulty moving her child’s buggy up and down hills because of the use of only one hand.
A ‘U’ shaped arm aid is designed to attach to buggy using clamping support bolts and also attached to client’s waist belt.
She now has control of the buggy over different ground levels.
9th March 2014
A six-year old child has deformed legs which are fitted with fixators and must be kept straight when sitting. A suitable wheelchair was not available, leaving him immobile when at home.
We made a skateboard with a safety harness, and he can now propel himself around his home using his hands.
7th March 2014
A support was needed to enable a wheelchair user to practice archery. A garden parasol base was used for the support base, which was made adjustable in height and capable of being freely rotated both vertically and horizontally. The support was made to be easily transportable. It was necessary to source a special securing bolt for the bowstring as this was of an unusual American thread.
The device was so successful that two more have been requested by the County Archery Coach Organiser.
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