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Yiyuan's specially designed wheelchair helps paralyzed patients to "sit up", stably control and return to social life

2021-07-31T00:19:08.466Z


Patients with physical function loss are discharged from the hospital and need a lot of assistance to return to the community. Queen Elizabeth Hospital uses high technology to continuously improve driving rehabilitation, digital communication, electric wheelchairs and home facilities to help patients


Patients with physical function loss are discharged from the hospital and need a lot of assistance to return to the community. Queen Elizabeth Hospital uses high technology to continuously improve driving rehabilitation, digital communication, electric wheelchairs and home facilities to help patients improve their quality of life.


A 29-year-old patient with quadriplegia caused by an accident needs to use a ventilator for a long time. As a result, he is still in bed every day after being discharged for 5 years and cannot go out.

Yiyuan tailor-made a special design for him, using the electric wheelchair controlled by the jaw, and equipped with a button delay function to ensure that the patient can operate in a stable manner, and reconnect with the society through the wheelchair, and re-start the social life.


To help patients who need to use electric wheelchairs to re-adapt to life, the community rehabilitation center has virtual reality training in different scenarios, such as lifts, bus boarding and MTR training, through these close to real training, so that wheelchair users can " It’s like a normal life."

The center also has simulated bus training. The outdoor bus is modified from a container. The exterior and interior design are made up of a one-to-one ratio of the real bus. However, the passage for wheelchairs has been widened to allow patients to familiarize themselves. , And then can be integrated into daily life as soon as possible.

The rehabilitation center will evaluate the configuration and training of electric wheelchair users, including 6 skills improvement group training. After that, it will also arrange the management and maintenance of electric wheelchairs to reorganize the lives of patients.

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The empowered home facilities of the community rehabilitation center can provide targeted assistance. For example, some patients with eating difficulties, upper limb weakness, or paralysis can use machine feeding devices, upper limb activity support brackets, bed lifting aids and pupil recognition computer devices. Improve daily life and reduce inconvenience.

Among them, the electric bed remote control uses the high and low audio difference as feedback, uses low frequency to raise the bed and high frequency to lower the bed, and uses 3D printing to make the external bracket of the motor to connect to the electric bed remote control.

The center also has a comprehensive driving ability assessment facility, including a vision examination room, to assess whether the patient has achieved the vision required for driving, and has equipment for driving simulation assessment.

As for the face recognition control of digital communication, facial expressions are used as control input. For example, closing your eyes represents button selection, and sticking out your tongue represents ringing horns. It can be connected to a tablet computer to facilitate communication control.

Approximately 1,500 consultation places per year have an average waiting time of 8 to 12 weeks

Wu Qianhua, director of the Community Rehabilitation Center of the Hospital Authority, said that about 1,500 patients can be provided each year, including 500 assistive technology and independent life assessment, 800 driving rehabilitation patients, etc. The average waiting time for patients is 8 to 12 weeks. The service mainly helps people with special needs. It may be referred by the Hospital Authority as long as Hengchang Technology may not help it."

She hopes to improve the ability of people with disabilities to live independently, rekindle their hope in life, and provide more choices in life.

Wu Qianhua, director of the Community Rehabilitation Center of the Hospital Authority, said that about 1,500 doctors can be provided each year.

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