Until recently prostheses could only be matched roughly to the wearer ? if the proportions and measurements seemed to fit, the aid was considered suitable for that person?s future life. Over the last couple of decades design has helped create an entirely new awareness, and modern prostheses are sophisticated high-tech products that facilitate both mobility and a self-determined life. Natural movements are imitated with the help of intelligent technology, movements that get very close to those of the human leg. However, since prostheses will always remain something artificial to their wearer, it is equally important from a holistic point of view to also address the aesthetic needs of people who have lost a limb.
The C-Leg is an innovative, completely microprocessor-controlled leg prosthesis system that helps people who have undergone transfemoral amputation to achieve a new degree of safety and dynamics. The new C-Leg has been upgraded and expanded with many innovative features. It combines both years of experience and the intelligent use of modern technologies with a clear design of elegant appearance. The C-Leg features a wireless remote control that lets users easily switch between different settings, e.g. for walking, bicycling or inline-skating, as well as make individual fine adjustments to the hydraulic system. No matter at what speed and on what ground the user is walking, the C-Leg reacts in real time to the gait circumstances, ensuring not only natural movements but also offering a high amount of mobility and independence with every step. With its aesthetic and clear language of form, the C-Leg contributes to the well being of its wearers ? thus allowing them to bear their disability with greater self-confidence.
Source : Otto Bock HealthCare
It’s a great news for persons with amputations, trias has design a prosthetic foot that not just offer excellent gait characteristics(energy-saving rollover, improved gait symmetry), reduce the loads on the amputee’s contralateral limb, but also comes with extraordinary look. As our ever-changing world becomes more complex and more dynamic, it is especially important for persons with amputations to be able to live a balanced, self-determined life of fulfilment. The use of a functional and comfortable prosthetic system is an essential contributor to the happiness and well-being of persons with disabilities. In the area of prosthetic feet, Otto Bock?s 1C30 Trias represents an ideal solution to meet these critical needs. The Trias is a synthesis of creative, modern design realised in a lightweight and efficient construction. The foot was developed by an intercultural and interdisciplinary project team using patient requirements and customer needs as a basis for their work. Hopefully this product can help the one who need it.
Source : Otto Bock
Jiri Bukvald designed the insulin pump as an original and suitable product with clear function, simple and perfect shaping. For a diabetic is vital to know his or her sugar level in blood (sugar blood). Therefore Bukvald designed large OLED display placed on a clip so it would be always legible and clear. Integrated clip makes the pump suitable for comfortable wearing. The large numbers on display show sugar blood, the small numbers stands for actual time and the darts represent rate and direction of motion sugar blood. This makes it possible for a diabetic person to respond on time and improve the quality of his or her compensation and thereby extend his or her life.
Read the rest of this entry »
The whole world is your sweet, sweet home! We love traveling! And we really know what it means when you have to spend 10 or 15 hours waiting on uncomfortable seats at the airport lounges, not being able to spread yourself comfortably on a sofa, and forget about that beloved rocking chair or comfy slippers you are used to enjoy at home so much. Being a passenger is a challenge. The Our Home Comforts on the Go Furniture collection includes transforming suitcases designed to recreate a feeling of home for any traveler anywhere. All these are created for travelers who always want to take their home along: Suitcase-Turn-Chair, Suitcase-Turn-Bookcase and Suitcase-Turn-Lamp. It?s for travelers who simply cannot afford not to indulge their habits and whims.
Read the rest of this entry »
A bewitched velvet ribbon creates a magic sofa. “Velvet” is a spiral shaped sofa upholstered in a sensual and luxurious smooth velvet. Its wooden frame is covered with a thin layer of polyurethane.”Velvet” is the last work by Sand & Birch Luxury Design.
Designers: Andrea Fino and Samanta Snidaro
