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Device for picking things up from floor
A device to help pick objects up from the floor for people with disabilities and impaired hand function.
Device consists of aquarium net with modified passive handle and forearm support
Large aquarium net with adapted passive handle and forearm support. One edge of the net is fitted with metal edging similar to edging on a dustpan.
Users comments
Easy to pick objects up from the floor.
Made by
OT-Center, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Paid for by
County council
Whose idea
The user and OT-Center
Device in use to pick things up
Tipsare: Anonym 1
The person lives together with his wife and an child in a house. He is working part time. He was injured in 1975 and has a high tetraplegia (C5). Through hand surgery his grip function improved in both hands. He has personal assistance 7 hours a day.
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