Project description
A disruptive and comfortable solution for upper limb amputees
Following upper extremity limb loss, a prosthesis is needed for patients to return to active life. But choosing from presently offered adaptive equipment is not ideal. It means having to compromise between price, naturalistic look, strength or weight. No available option combines all these requirements. To fill that gap, the EU-funded OneHAND project’s goal is to mature, demonstrate and bring to the market the solution of OneHand: a disruptive prosthetic hand designed with a user-centred approach and in collaboration with SMEs and an international amputee association. It comprises a virtual reality training platform, and it will be scalable, light, fast and inexpensive, while offering maximum comfort to the user.
Objective
Building from the strong drivers of hand amputee needs, currently unmet by the existing solutions in the market, the central goal of OneHAND project is to accelerate the market introduction of a disruptive user centred approach to prosthetic hand use – OneHAND solution.
The oneHAND solution aims at maximizing user comfort, optimize price-point and improve overall experience to minimize prosthesis abandon altogether. It comprises a light, fast, modular and scalable prosthesis and a virtual reality training platform in a unique delivery model.
The overall aim of OneHAND project is to mature, demonstrate and finalize the OneHand solution, while building the foundation to disrupt the value chain. OneHAND brings together a consortium of three SMEs (Hy5, TSC, PROTH) and the international amputee association (IC2A) – in unison representing a technical side specialized in hand prosthesis and VR training platform development, the business and societal sides with unique knowledge on users, prosthetists and clinics requirements and on routes to market for innovative solutions.
The consortium expects a successful market introduction of the OneHAND solution within the next 3 years, tapping into a large business opportunity, and sustaining a very fast-paced growth for the industrial partners.
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Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
6524 GA NIJMEGEN
Netherlands
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.