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Development of stroke rehab robot in communities
Strengthen the results of rehabilitation training of stroke patients
ABOUT
Year Established: 2017
Beneficiaries: Stroke patients
| https://www.handyrehab.com | |
| Invent affordable robotic devices to enhance physical rehabilitation |
SOCIAL ISSUES
- Most public hospitals and community rehabilitation day centre cannot provide intensive rehabilitation trainings to stroke patients due to limited resources, in which patients can easily miss out the golden recovery period
SOCIAL INNOVATION
- Develop a portable stroke rehab robot for stroke patients to conduct hand rehabilitation training. Data will be captured to enhance the training results and facilitate better monitoring of the patient's recovery progress, aiming to strengthen the recovery of hand functions for stroke patients
EXPECTED SOCIAL IMPACT
 | 165 stroke patients improve hand functions and daily activities performance |
 | 20 units of the devices will be sold to NGOs |
 | Data will be provided to Occupational Therapist and Physical Therapist in order to enhance the recovery progress and result |
 | Increase productivity of Occupational Therapist and Physical Therapist by reducing manual labour force |
BUSINESS MODEL
Deployment of Stroke Rehab Robots in Communities sells portable stroke rehab robots to NGOs to gain revenue
PROGRAMME CONTENT
Demo workshops
Hold individual demo workshops for NGOs and community rehabilitation day centre to demonstrate the usage of HandyRehab robotic glove