Clinical and Maker Perspectives on the Design of Assistive Technology with Rapid Prototyping Technologies

Hofmann, Megan; Burke, Julie; Pearlman, Jon; Fiedler, Goeran; Hess, Andrea; Schull, Jon; Hudson, Scott E.; Mankoff, Jennifer

doi:10.1145/2982142.2982181

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“…One drawback to DIY-AT, however, is that it lacks oversight, a concern that is particularly visible in the context of large and public communities such as e-NABLE. In a recent summit report authored by e-NABLE volunteers, clinicians, and assistive technology researchers, many specific concerns about safety and practicality of 3D-printed substitutes for traditional upper limb prosthetics were raised [15]. However, this report leaves open questions about how e-NABLE volunteers and clinicians navigate these tensions and what the broader e-NABLE community thinks about them.…”

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“…Alternatively, in the case of device provision, as suggested by Hofmann et al [15], volunteer fabricators could focus on personalization, while clinicians could help to create professionally made sockets. Such a collaborative approach would allow volunteers to maintain the one-on-one relationship with recipients that is so important to their volunteering motivation, while allowing clinicians to have a role in co-creating meaningful solutions for recipients.…”

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“…Our investigation revealed a complex, shifting landscape of motives and ideals that has not been heretofore described. Our findings center on describing the gaps between the stakeholders, adding evidence to prior research on prosthetic device users [2] and the limitations to collaboration between clinicians and makers [15].…”

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Understanding Volunteer AT Fabricators

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We present the results of a study of eNABLE , a distributed, collaborative volunteer effort to design and fabricate upperlimb assistive technology devices for limb-different users. Informed by interviews with 14 stakeholders in eNABLE , including volunteers and clinicians, we discuss differences and synergies among each group with respect to motivations, skills, and perceptions of risks inherent in the project. We found that both groups are motivated to be involved in eNABLE by the ability to use their skills to help others, and that their skill sets are complementary, but that their different perceptions of risk may result in uneven outcomes or missed expectations for end users. We offer four opportunities for design and technology to enhance the stakeholders' abilities to work together.

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“…Do it yourself AT can improve user's life by providing cost effective personalisation of devices eventually leading to reduced abandonment (Hurst and Tobias, 2011). However, few of these designers have clinical expertise or a direct experience of disability (Hofmann et al, 2016). Furthermore, there are instances when the needs of people with disabilities goes beyond what they can design and develop by themselves or what can be easily found over the internet.…”

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“…Occupational therapists and rehabilitation engineers tailor, craft and repurpose objects to suit the needs of their patients (De Covereur and Goossens, 2011) but these solutions are bespoke and do not permeate the larger market space. With the advent of digital manufacturing, new possibilities have emerged such as the e-nable prosthetic hand, which allows for personalised, inexpensive and repairable AT (Hofmann et al, 2016). However, often, and especially in low and middle income countries, there is a lack of both trained healthcare professionals and local fabrication knowledge and facilities, which stifles the availability of AT for people.…”

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Participatory and Inclusive Assistive Technology Innovation Clinics in Design Schools

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Patel

Roopchandani

et al. 2019

Proc. Int. Conf. Eng. Des.

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People living with disabilities can have needs for Assistive Technology (AT) that are out of the scope of occupational therapists, commercial markets and charitable distributions. For such needs, designers, engineers, makers and clinicians in the local community can design and fabricate AT through an inclusive, participatory, user centred design process. By tapping into the skills, creativity, facilities and knowledge of local design, medical, engineering and management schools, we can make clinics for AT innovation, practical design education, business incubation and product provision. Through two case studies, we demonstrate the necessary steps towards this novel approach to compassionately design, fabricate and deliver bespoke and scalable AT innovations. The practice is multidisciplinary, it empowers people with disabilities to creatively challenge their problems, contributes to design education and requires a system to ensure product quality and follow ups. We envision that over years, this practice can become a movement that is able to systematically knit the patched ecosystem for AT, while contributing to the global understanding of design for people with disabilities.

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Manufacturing Technology in Rehabilitation Practice: Implications for Its Implementation in Assistive Technology Production

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Médola

Sandnes

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Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

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This study addressed the participation of rehabilitation professionals in the use of Additive Manufacturing to produce assistive technology devices. A literature review based on articles published in scientific journals indexed in the Scopus database was conducted by searching for papers addressing the use of Additive Manufacturing Technologies in the development of orthotic and prosthetic devices in rehabilitation programs. The 46 articles that met the inclusion criteria were analyzed in terms of the participation of the health professionals in the process of design of orthotic and prosthetic devices. The analysis revealed that in most cases the use of 3D printing technologies in the design of assistive devices do not comprise interdisciplinary teams with active participation of rehabilitation professionals.

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Clinical and Maker Perspectives on the Design of Assistive Technology with Rapid Prototyping Technologies

Cited by 48 publications

References 15 publications

Understanding Volunteer AT Fabricators

Understanding Volunteer AT Fabricators

Participatory and Inclusive Assistive Technology Innovation Clinics in Design Schools

Manufacturing Technology in Rehabilitation Practice: Implications for Its Implementation in Assistive Technology Production

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