- 學位論文
汽車用病患轉位器之研發
Research and Development on a Patient Transfer Apparatus for Passenger Cars
摘要
行動不便造成的原因有很多種，可能是關節退化、運動傷害、意外受損等，這些傷患雖可藉助拐杖輪椅等器材達到短程移動之需求，但中長途的移動，仍有許多有待開發之處，目前不論是各地區復康巴士的興設、成立相關團體組職提供資源連結及輔導或是醫療器材產業開發新的技術等雖然能夠解決部分患者的問題，但在醫療資源不足且人力缺乏的情形下，輔具租借申請使用的規則相對較為嚴格，且價格方面也是傷患者一筆可觀的開銷使用上也並非能夠完全滿足使用者需求。 本研究依據工程設計法及美國IDEO公司暨史丹福大學所提之設計思考流程，提出一種無須電力、裝置於一般汽車上病患轉位器，過程中與醫師、物理治療師、患者及家屬面對面對談，了解使用者的需求，依循創意發散及收斂法提出概念設計，利用工程繪圖軟體Solidworks進行細部具體設計與工程分析，並實際加工試製一原型，經工程負載實驗與電腦分析比對可行性及安全性後，與臺大醫院合作進行臨床實驗，了解其使用過程中患者及照護者的反應及改善建議，爾後成立新創公司申請准證並擬進行量產販售。本研究所提設計可以降低院方及患者家屬之照護人力需求，適用的車種較為多元，非運作時可收合於車輛內、且仍保有多餘放置空間，尤其適合狹小空間進行操作，可利於行動不便者及家屬共同乘車進行外出活動，擴大傷患者之有效活動範圍。
並列摘要
People with mobility-challenges can navigate urban spaces in short distances by using privately devices, including cranes, crutches, wheelchairs, because they are usually cost-effective. However facilities for long-distance traveling are usually comparatively expensive and unfeasible to maintain for an individual or a family, and most city/county government offices can provide limited resources, leaving a significant unmet need/gap between patients/injurers and care-providers. This research would like to solve this problem by providing a commercial product because the hardware can be easily duplicated for patients and injurers, as well as their families. We follow the Design Thinking process originally proposed by IDEO Inc. and Stanford University, and figure out the potential user’s needs, their criterion and caregiver’s considerations including doctors and therapists. We communicate with the stakeholders with the conceptual design, realize a detail design and have a series of engineering analysis toward the simulation model. We implement another series of prototypes and take engineering tests against our safety assumptions, and finally conducted a clinical trial on the final prototype under monitoring of IRB requirements.