Diseño y optimización de un producto ortopédico para facilitar el comer para personas con movilidad reducida

Abstract

The basis of this process is to design a utensil to help people with a certain degree of mobility reduction to eat. The state of the art has been investigated analyzing the main solutions in the field of orthopedic products, medical treatments, and the associated medical framework. The product should facilitate the action of eating, providing a holding position in which the flexion of the forearm and the necessary movement in the involved joints are reduced, also decreasing the tremors associated with the users. This product, allows any type of cutlery to be attached. In the present project, a strategic approach to product design is applied where an appropriate combination of creative and logical methods is used.