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Team invents paintbrush rig for women with cerebral palsy

Ana Duarte 于 2019-06-13 08:54 分享

About the solution

Sarai loves to paint with her feet and she even got a special brace that went over her foot that a paintbrush went in. But since that piece was misplaced, she stopped painting.

Her family tried to come up with a solution by taping a paintbrush to her feet and taping the project to a box that is placed on the floor under her foot. But the brush and the canvas kept falling off, and it was uncomfortable for her. This was very hard for Sarai since she has no use of her hands and loves to be able to create her works of art in an autonomous way.

So her family got help from Dick Gautraud and Bill Deimling, volunteers from the charity May We Help (an organisation that develops gadgets to increase the autonomy level of disabled people).

The pair developed a paintbrush rig, using plywood, screws, a shoe, epoxy and a detach brush holder.

Sarai got this device in 2015, and is now able to paint in a more independent and comfortable way.

Adapted from: https://bit.ly/2Kk7OfE
https://youtu.be/kq_hSo2mqXc

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关于发明者

Dick Gautraud and Bill Deimling, from the USA, developed a paintbrush rig for Sarai, who has cerebral palsy and is a wheelchair user. Sarai loves to paint with her feet and needed a solid way to hold and change paint brushes with her feet.

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