Solutions

Here you will find an archive of many previous REMAP solutions. These may be pieces of bespoke equipment or adaptations that have been made by REMAP volunteers. To find out more about an item, please click view details.

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Music holder

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The client is a keen member of his local choir however, following a brain tumour, he needs to use a stick to balance when standing, which means he cannot hold his sheet music and turn the pages single handedly. The... View Details

Xbox Controller for client with tetraplegia

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The available modified controllers on the commercial market were not suitable so we had to custom-make the item. Due to limited dexterity it was impossible for this client to hold an Xbox controller let alone operate the numerous small buttons... View Details

Tablet computer flexi arm modification

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Our client undertakes volunteer work himself but struggle to get the right position for his tablet computer to participate in conference calls when conducting them from his wheelchair which has a thin Perspex top. View Details

Adjustable Wrist Support

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Paul loves using his computer with a glide point mouse (touch pad). The problem is getting, and keeping, his hand in just the right position to operate the touch pad. He was using a combination of sponges to hold his... View Details

HandShake – using hand motion to control switchable software

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Some people with e.g. cerebral palsy are unable to use physical controllers such as buttons and joysticks to interact with communication software are still able to make intentional hand movements. View Details

Head support

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Our client suffered from MND and a support had been made to help lift her head, but she was finding it a little difficult to move her head sideways to look at her computerised vision driven voice box or her... View Details

Laptop table

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Our client sits in the same low and wide arm chair all day, and there is no clearance beneath it for traditional over bed/over chair tables, and they don't tend to adjust low enough anyway.  She has small tables to... View Details

Electrically Controlled iPad Support Arm

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Colin has MND and lives down stairs, spending almost all his time in a riser/recliner chair.  He likes to watch YouTube on his iPad and has it mounted on a stand in a convenient position in front of him.  The... View Details

Laptop Wrist Support

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Client with bi-lateral wrist fractures has aching arms when using the laptop, and needed something to support the weight of both plaster casts. View Details

Joystick To USB Mouse Adaptor

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Adam's passion was always video games, but he is no longer able to use a game controller, or more recently, even to move a computer mouse.  He also relies on his computer for many other purposes. The 'Special Effects' company... View Details

Earswitch: assistive technology switch

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Description : Ear switch as an assistive communication and control device / gaming switch and HCI A USB otoscope camera detects voluntary movement of a middle ear muscle (tensor tympani), to control assistive technology software (Grid3), the Microsoft On-Screen Keyboard... View Details

Integramouse Motorised Support Arm

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The client is a regular computer user but is slowly losing the use of his hands due to MS. For this reason, use of a conventional mouse is becoming very difficult. The solution offered by his OT involves use of... View Details

Parkinson’s mouse software

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Our client has Parkinson’s and has degraded sensitivity in his fingers. This results in him accidentally holding down the mouse buttons when moving the cursor using a traditional mouse, or accidentally moving the cursor when using the buttons on a... View Details

Mobility chair desk top

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Five year old who uses a wheelchair and about to start school needed a desk top for her work and lunch. Specialist mobility chair under warranty and the only OEM table obscured the dual controls and at over £700, unsuitable.... View Details

iPad stand for AI text to speech app.

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The challenge was to find the best positions for the iPad and the paper. We experimented and found that an A4 sheet needed to be 13 inches away from the iPad camera and also, the camera is in a corner... View Details

One-touch computer screen bracket

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The client earned her living with her computer and had a spinal condition that forced her to spend her working day supine or on her side on a divan.  She had to move frequently to ease her discomfort and therefore... View Details

Deeper tray for wheelchair

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Many of us are dependent on our laptops, smartphones and other 21st century gadgets to run all aspects of our lives, and Graham is no exception. However, the tray that was supplied for his wheelchair was too shallow to sit... View Details

Xbox Controller Modification

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The client's physiotherapist asked Remap to devise a way of preventing the client working the left side buttons with his right hand which he was apt to do but it was preventing correct development of his left hand. Essex North ... View Details

Keyboard stand

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Client used a stick with to press the keys of the keyboard and the keyboard kept falling over as it was propped up with blu-tac. An adjustable stand was made for the keyboard so that it could be rigidly fixed... View Details

Laptop charging plug

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  The problem …   … and the solution. The bracket The client has arthritis and finds it hard to manipulate the plug of the charging lead into the matching socket of her laptop. A simple bracket was made from... View Details

Sip and Puff Control of Smartphone or Tablet Computer

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A referral for remote control of TV by a client suffering from advanced MS resulted in the development of a cheap Sip and Puff device. It is acknowledged that for intensive use, commercial products are available, but in some cases... View Details

Sip and Puff TV Control

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The client spent long periods in bed with her only entertainment being a wall mounted TV stuck on whichever channel the last carer had set it on. On the first appraisal visit it was quickly established that there was no... View Details

iPad tablet charging plug handle

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Original metal version Later 3D printed version … … and USB memory stick The client’s limited dexterity means that she cannot plug and unplug the charger of her tablet. A bracket was made from two brass rings soldered to a... View Details

Modified keyboard table

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A table was modified by altering the table angle, extending the leg to give adequate foot room and attaching a grip mat to the keyboard. Bristol panel case ref. 814-04 View Details