Design of an exoskeleton arm support, which helps caregivers lift disabled clients

The topic of this graduation project is to “Design an arm support for a powered exoskeleton to help caregivers lift disabled clients”. It is connected to a PhD project on the Faculty of 3me in TU Delft, which aims to develop an exoskeleton for the caregiving industry. The idea is to decrease the physical and psychological stress caregivers...

A mobile care seat for elderly in the last stage of their lives

Many elderly are unable to move any parts of their body anymore. Instead of staying in a care bed all day, they may still experience life. Therefore, they reside in a mobile care seat. Currently, a patient lifter is used to get the elderly into the seat. The corresponding transfer procedure is takes up a lot of time, effort and puts a lot of...

Design of a product for Nurse Call purposes

In hospitals, care homes, nursing homes and other healthcare facilities patients and residents are dependent on the care of the nursing staff. They need to always be able to communicate with a nurse if they need help or when they want something. For these purposes Nurse Call systems and their associated products are used. Currently, patients in...