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Customized handle for mobile phone
Custom modification to phone for persons with impaired hand function
User picks up the mobile phone’s plexiglas handle with thumb
Custom produced handle/cradle of plexiglas attached to mobile phone case.
Users comments
The handle fits the user and enables him to easily place his thumb in the handle to grasp and hold the mobile phone. The user has made similar handles for landline phones, with the handle attached to the receiver.
Made by
User and colleague
Paid for by
The user
Plexiglas handle and string attached to mobile phone
Plexiglas handle and string attached to mobile phone
Bruno lives in an apartment and is working part time. He was injured in 1974 and has a tetraplegia (C5-6). Through hand surgery in 1977 his grip function improved. He has personal assistance 7 hours a day and some help at night provided by the local government.
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