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
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
Plexiglas handle and string attached to mobile phone
Plexiglas handle and string attached to mobile phone

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Adapted handle for phone, suitable for persons with impaired hand function.

Author: Bruno

Bruno bor i lägenhet och arbetar heltid. Han skadade sig 1974 och har en tetraplegi, C5-C6. Opererades 1977 för att få armsträckare och tumgrepp. Han har personlig assistans 7 timmar dagligen plus nattpatrull.
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Type of disability

High tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C5-6)

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