From traditional to digital manufacturing.
Aiming to provide affordable seating systems for special needs, together with ALYN Woldenberg Family Hospital, we transformed crafted full body insert into 3D Printed customizable full body insert system that leans on clinical praxis .
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and other studies, improper sitting is one of the leading causes of premature mortality, developmental delay, a significant cause of physical illness that impairs quality of life through the impaired blood supply, muscle weakness, and spinal injury.
Adaptive seating systems are very expensive in general, moreover for infants and children due to intensive experts labor that required. Therefore, there is no custom solution for children with disabilities following fast growth and body development. According to WHO, today, only 1 in 10 people in need have access to assistive technology due to high costs and a lack of awareness, availability, trained personnel, policy, and financing.
The original thermoplastic full body insert that was made by hand by one of a kind expert in France, and requires to flight with a disabled kid to make this insert. This project focuses on the digitalization of the traditional insert into digital manufacturing aiming to reduce manufacturing costs and the need for one-of-a-kind experts.
ReDesign - Making Smart Parametric Model, having the ability to make any seat size and configuration.
3D Prototype for different kids with different needs.
Fitting the model on the kids, having very high accuracy.
Development team: ALYN Woldenberg Family Hospital, ILAN rehabilitation school
Manufacturing partner: FLEXIMATTER Large scale 3D Printing
Design and Digitalization: Alexander Geht ALYNOVATION CENTER, ALYN, Jerusalem Technology: Large scale 3D Printing technology - FGF
Material: ABS