Powered Person Transfer System

动力人员转移系统

• 批准号: 10672900
• 负责人: RORY A. COOPER
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10672900
• 关键词: Algorithms; Automation; Beds; Benchmarking; Caregivers; Clinical; Communication; Community Participation; Computer software; Custom; Data; Data Collection; Databases; Development; Devices; Disabled Persons; Docking; Environment; Esthetics; Evaluation; Fatigue; Floor; Focus Groups; Funding; Head; Health; Healthcare; Home; Immobilization; Individual; Injury; Laboratories; Legal patent; Licensing; Lifting; Long-Term Care; Lower Extremity; Manual wheelchair; Marketing; Mechanics; Medical center; Mission; Outcome; Participant; Patient Care; Patients; Penetration; Performance; Personal Satisfaction; Persons; Price; Process; Prosthesis; Provider; Quality of life; Rehabilitation therapy; Research; Safety; Self-Help Devices; Sensory; Specific qualifier value; Stress; Structure; Sum; Surveys; System; Technology; Testing; Translating; United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Upper Extremity; Veterans; Visual; Wheelchairs; Work; analog; cost; data sharing; design; disability; hospital bed; improved; improved mobility; interest; invention; mobility aid; programs; prototype; research and development; satisfaction; stability testing; success; tool; usability; wireless

Technology to assist with mobility and transfers are among the most important tools that can be used to promote wellness, independence, community participation, and quality of life. For Veterans with disabilities (VwD) involving both the upper and lower extremities, there are few systems that provide practical and coordinated assistance with mobility and transfer tasks. We are leading an ongoing nationwide survey of individuals with disabilities (including Veterans) who use assistive technology and a survey of clinical providers of mobility technology. To date, 759 AT users and 144 providers have completed the survey. The clear majority of Veterans (n=346, 88.3%) had obtained their mobility device through the VA. Over 80% (n=633, 83.4%) of mobility device users ranked new powered transfer devices as “important” or “the most important” futuristic invention. Of the clinical providers over 90% (n=135, 93.8%) ranked new powered transfer devices as “important” or “the most important” futuristic invention. This study proposes to build upon the AgileLife product for manual wheelchairs. We have created an initial prototype Powered Personal Transfer System (PPTS) that demonstrates the potential to allow VwD to transfer with minimal or no assistance from a caregiver. Design Objective 1: Design and implement transfer sequence automation system hardware and software. Design Objective 2: Further Identify Stakeholder Needs and Refine Design Specifications. Design Objective 3: Evaluate and upgrade the initial prototype PPTS integrated with custom seating system on a commercially available Group-2 EPW to determine compliance with applicable standards for safety and efficacy. Design Objective 4: Assess the initial prototype PPTS with rehabilitation professionals and caregivers to gather data on efficacy and usability while transferring a rescue dummy. Design Objective 5: Assess the initial prototype PPTS with VwD and their caregivers to gather data on efficacy and usability. Our general approach will be to conduct research to refine, advance, and test a PPTS with EPW and compatible seating system to interface with the transfer bed based on study data gathered through this project. A quality function deployment process22 will be used to organize and structure user requirements and aid in the management of trade-offs that are anticipated based on the technical requirements. Potential problems, alternative strategies, and benchmarks for success anticipated to achieve the aims will be discussed with VwD and their clinicians/caregivers. The results of the rehabilitation professional evaluation with the PPTS and the ISO testing will provide data for the revised design criteria and the basis for further design work. There are always unforeseen circumstances when designing a device like the PPTS. The greatest barriers that we perceive are: cost of the device, distribution and market penetration, data collection and sharing within VA environment, reliance on the AgileLife bed technology. Our target is for the PPTS to ultimately be competitive in price with the sum of the cost of a hospital bed, commode chair, Group-2 EPW, and powered lift device; as these are the devices incorporated into the PPTS.

协助流动和转移的技术是最重要的工具之一 可用于促进健康、独立、社区参与和质量 对于患有上肢和下肢残疾的退伍军人 (VwD)， 很少有系统能够提供实用且协调一致的行动援助和援助 我们正在领导一项正在进行的全国残疾人调查。 使用辅助技术的人（包括退伍军人）以及对流动性临床提供者的调查 迄今为止，已有 759 家 AT 用户和 144 家提供商完成了调查。 大多数退伍军人（n=346，88.3%）通过 VA 获得了移动设备。 80% (n=633, 83.4%) 的移动设备用户将新型电动转运设备评为 超过 90% 的临床提供者认为是“重要”或“最重要”的未来发明。 (n=135, 93.8%) 将新型动力传输设备列为“重要”或“最重要” 这项研究建议以 AgileLife 产品为基础进行手动开发。 我们创建了电动个人转运系统 (PPTS) 的初始原型。 这表明有可能允许 VwD 在很少或没有任何帮助的情况下进行转移 照顾者。 设计目标 1：设计并实现传输序列自动化系统硬件和 软件。 设计目标2：进一步识别利益相关者需求并细化设计规范。 设计目标 3：评估和升级与定制集成的初始原型 PPTS 商用 Group-2 EPW 上的座椅系统，以确定是否符合 适用的安全性和有效性标准。 设计目标 4：与康复专业人员一起评估初始原型 PPTS 护理人员在转移救援假人时收集有关功效和可用性的数据。 设计目标 5：与 VwD 及其护理人员一起评估初始原型 PPTS 收集有关功效和可用性的数据。 我们的一般方法是进行研究，以完善、推进和测试 PPTS EPW 和兼容的座椅系统根据研究与转运床连接 通过该项目收集的数据将用于质量功能部署流程22。 组织和构建用户需求并帮助管理权衡 根据潜在问题、替代策略和预期。 将与各方讨论实现目标的预期成功基准 VwD 及其忠诚者/护理人员康复专业评估的结果。 PPTS 和 ISO 测试将为修订后的设计标准和 为进一步的设计工作奠定基础。 我们认为像 PPTS 这样的设备的最大障碍是：设备的成本， 分销和市场渗透、VA 环境内的数据收集和共享、可靠性 我们的目标是让 PPTS 最终在价格上具有竞争力。 包括医院病床、便椅、Group-2 EPW 和电动电源的费用总和 升降装置；因为这些是合并到 PPTS 中的装置。