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.

All Solutions

A removable tray for a walking frame

0 comments

Our client uses his walker with one hand in the middle of the cross bar, rather than the two handles. He reached out to REMAP because he wanted to be able to carry some items around his flat and to... View Details

Sleeve rolling device

1 comments

This client needed a device to help roll up one sleeve as she only has one usable arm following a stroke. View Details

Mouth / air operated air rifle trigger

0 comments

The client has little strength in his arms and has involuntary movement in his hands, so is unable to use a standard trigger on an air rifle. The item required needed to be removable as the rifle used was a... View Details

Mouth operated piano foot pedal

0 comments

The client is paralysed from a lesion at C4 from a fall from a roof some years ago.  He therefore needs much physiotherapy to maintain strength and dexterity. For his hands and fingers he has taken up learning to play... View Details

Seahorse chair arm support

0 comments

To provide additional lateral support to the client's arm and shoulder when using his Seahorse toiletting chair as there was nothing commercially suitable to fit this chair. No major changes to the chair structure of the chair was advised. View Details

Double buggy wheelchair attachment

1 comments

To design a double buggy to suit twins of between 18 months to 5 years old and which would allow the client to independently go out for walks. The buggy must be easily attached/detached from the wheelchair by the client... View Details

Chin controlled sewing machine

0 comments

John has a spinal chord injury at chest level and uses a manual wheelchair. He is an engineer and very much likes to work problems through himself. John bought an electric sewing machine so that he can sew bespoke articles... View Details

Book Manipulation Aid

0 comments

[video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://www.remap.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/makeabilityimagearchive/2022/03/ManualPageTurner.mp4"][/video] The client has suffered motor-impairment of her hands and fingers and can no longer hold and manipulate a book. She does, however, have limited control of her right index finger. A device had to be made... View Details

Adjustable Wrist Support

0 comments

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

Wash – Shampoo hair independently

0 comments

The challenge was to create an aid which would enable a young woman who is unable to raise her arms above shoulder height to wash, shampoo and condition her hair independently. View Details

Child’s Counterbalanced Arm Supports

0 comments

The challenge was how to enable Theo who has Nemaline Myopathy to use his arms so that he can use a tablet, play with toys etc. The major clinical features of nemaline myopathy are muscle weakness, hypotonia and reduced or... View Details

Oliver’s Car

0 comments

Oliver’s spina bifida left him unable to use a foot pedal in a standard ride in car. Oliver’s mother asked if a car could be adapted with a hand throttle as he is unable to operate the throttle pedal on... View Details

Wheelchair baby seat

0 comments

To fit a standard Mothercare baby seat/carrier to an Invacare TDX SP2 powered wheelchair without making any permanent alterations to the chair (not owned by client) Note:  Department of Transport guidance is that another person should not be carried on a... View Details

Wheelchair shooting table

0 comments

  To design an easily dis-mountable table to fit to a wheelchair which meets the Para-Olympic shooting regulations for both prone and standing events. It must be adjustable in several planes. The client's carer must be able to mount, dismount... View Details

Prop for enabling hair washing

0 comments

MsA is a wheelchair user and has a right hemiplegia. Following a head injury her scalp is very sensitive and she likes to wash her own hair, with help. Sitting in her wheelchair, she bends over the side of the... View Details

Wooden Elbow Crutch

1 comments

The client is young and active and had childhood polio. He uses commercially available aluminium elbow crutches but they fail at the length adjusters after about three months.  He asked if remap could provide something sturdier and longer lasting. View Details

I can jump waves on holiday!

5 comments

5 year-old boy (one of twins) with Cerebral Palsy, who has recently had surgery to enable him to stand, planning going on their first family holiday to the beach. He wanted to use his ‘K’ Walker on the sand and... View Details

Push Button Sewing Machine, Juki

1 comments

The servo motor can be programmed somewhat to control peak speed and accel / decel profiles.  There is a lever on the back case of the motor which sets the speed demand.  At first the lever was relocated onto the... View Details

Modified Bike Pedal

35 comments

The client had a Stroke, affecting right side of the body. He had bought a static exercise bike, but was unable to use it as his right affected foot turns inwards due to stroke, touching the panel of the bike... View Details

Wheelchair Armrest Bracket

0 comments

The plastic bracket which held the armrests in place on a manual wheelchair was not sufficiently robust for the job. The client's friend milled me a new one in aluminium for the right hand side. This worked well for years,... View Details

Joystick To USB Mouse Adaptor

0 comments

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

0 comments

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

workbench / motorbike lift

0 comments

The project was to build a workbench that could also pick up a motorbike so the client could maintain it, the lifts on the market you couldn't get a wheelchair under so were not acceptable. View Details

Electric grabber

0 comments

The client is a wheelchair user and has a very weak hand grip. He struggles to pick things up from the floor, even using a modified, mouth operated "Helping Hand" type device. An electric device similar to one already made... View Details