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Wheelchair Lifting and Rotating Device

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Project Overview

A platform device is desired that enables wheelchair users access to health care procedures. The device should have two-degrees of freedom (rotation of 360 degrees and vertical translation from 3”-9” above the floor). This device should be motorized, transportable, easy to use, and safe.

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Project Status

Finished

Progress Report Archive.

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Project Timeline

Week Reporting Period Beginning Activities
1 January 23 Continue Building Device
2 January 30
3 February 6
4 February 13 Schoof’s Presentation
5 February 20 Patent and Market Research
6 February 27
7 March 5 BME Presentation
8 March 12 Notebooks due
9 March 19 Continue Research and Testing
10 March 26
11 April 2
12 April 9
13 April 16 National Design Competition
14 April 23
15 April 30 Final Poster Session and Paper

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Presentations and Reports

ppt icon Mid-semester Presentation (Jan 8 2004, 891 kb)
doc icon Schoof's Paper (Jan 8 2004, 383 kb)
rtf icon Invention Disclosure Paper (Jan 5 2004, 80 kb)
doc icon Final Paper (Jan 5 2004, 990 kb)
ppt icon Final Poster Presentation (Spring 2004) (Jan 12 2004, 603 kb)
wmv icon Video of working prototype (Windows Media Player suggested) (Jan 13 2004, 7819 kb)

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Project Team

Project Advisor and Client

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Created: Feb 8 2004
Content updated: Jun 8 2004

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