TiPi smartphone application: Designing with InterPersonal Informatics to support elderly rehabilitating from Total Hip Replacement

Designing a smartphone application for elderly rehabilitating from total hip replacement. The theoretical background of this project lies in the fields of Personal Informatics, InterPersonal Informatics, Persuasive Technology and Social Sciences. The product context, the ADL of elderly rehabilitating at home, has been researched with sensitizing...

A new drape for the total hip replacement surgery through the ASI approach

Before operation, the patient needs to be sterile draped. In a total hip replacement surgery through the anterior supine intermuscular approach, the surgical incision is made from the front side (anterior) of the hip, by which the patient lies down on the back on the operating table. During the surgery, both legs are maneuvred. Due to this, both...