Stair-Assist Mobility Device for Independent Seniors
Needs Assessment - Design - Prototyping - Pitch
This award-winning design came to fruition after conducting needs assessments via several home visits to elderly patients who received house call medical care through a program our client was a part of at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Hospital. What started out as a project to help the elderly answer their doors ended up as a design that targeted the discovered latent need, getting up and down household stairs in a safe and efficient manner.
ROLE: Team Lead
PROJECT: Engaged in the design process to design, prototype, and test an assistive mobility device for fall prevention on stairs
AWARD: $5,000 & 2nd Place at the Stanford Center on Longevity 2015 Design Challenge
TEAMMATES: Hannah Adelsberg, Celia Cheung, Eric Katz
ORGANIZATION: University of California, Berkeley - Bioengineering Capstone course
KEY STAKEHOLDERS: Professor Amy Herr (UC Berkeley) & Dr. Janice Schwartz (UCSF)