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

Motorised Neck Brace for client with MND

1 comments

The client needs to lean their head forwards in order to swallow. However, they have very weakened neck muscles, due to MND, and their head falls forward uncontrollably. The client is then unable to bring it back up without help... View Details

Dog Ball Launcher

0 comments

Our client wants to be able to interact with his dog by playing fetch, but finds it challenging due to his reduced mobility. Therefore, to overcome this challenge, our REMAP engineer has expertly designed and created a bespoke dog ball... View Details

Oven Door Opener

0 comments

The client has quite weak hands and arms, and found it virtually impossible to open the oven door; she always needed the help of her husband. Like most oven doors there is an initial force that must be overcome to... 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

Games console for disabled people

3 comments

Carers supporting people with dementia wanted a game that could occupy and stimulate them whilst also offering a useful way of assessing an individuals health status. 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

Intravenous Pump – Alarm Monitor

0 comments

The client is a mother of one living a with young son estimated at 10-12 years old. She is deaf but can hear well with the aid of hearing aids during daytime. At night she does not wear the hearing... View Details

Game for Blind or Partially Sighted

1 comments

The Essex branch of the charity Deafblind UK found it very difficult to entertain blind or partially sighted people, singularly or in groups, they were aware of a games console made by Essex Central Remap for people with disabilities, but... View Details

Servo-assisted drum kit modification

2 comments

Young client with cerebral palsy is a keen drummer, however has limited use of this legs, so experiences difficulties with using the high hat and bass drum, which are both pedal operated. The traditional way of dealing with this issue... View Details

MaMa T4CE

0 comments

The simple domestic oven presents particular design challenges for the engineer.  No more so when the design has to allow for the individual capabilities of a client who is differently abled. The latter means that no one solution will fit... View Details

Integramouse Motorised Support Arm

1 comments

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

Positioning Alert

0 comments

The client, who has cerebral palsy, did not have the core stability to maintain an upright posture whilst seated. This resulted in the client overcompensating by leaning heavily on her left forearm, placing excessive load through the left shoulder. The... View Details

Audio Guitar Tuner

1 comments

The invitation to do this came with a link to an existing project on the "Instructables" website: https://www.instructables.com/id/Guitar-Tuner-for-the-Blind-using-an-Arduino/ - instructions to build There was also a video showing it in operation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1la-GvCOSQ I sent the video link to the client... View Details

Night Time Alert

0 comments

A solution was required for use by a mobility impaired client who requires assistance through the night, and therefore needs to frequently wake up their deaf spouse in the night for assistance; the Client also had difficulty speaking.  The previous... View Details

Sip and Puff Control of Smartphone or Tablet Computer

2 comments

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

0 comments

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