Assist3D project

Example aids

Background

Persons with physical disabilities, for example as a result of stroke, rheumatoid arthritis, ... and persons with moderate, severe to profound intellectual disabilities often need aids to help them perform activities in daily living.
Currently almost all of these persons are provided with prefabricated aids. From conversations with multiple (occupational) therapists it appears that these prefab tools often do not fit well or insufficiently.
Within the Assist3D project we want to enable the (occupational) therapists and orthotists to produce truly bespoke aids for daily living by using 3D scanning, 3D design and 3D printing techniques.

Project goals

Improving the quality of life of people in need for customized daily living aids

by lowering the threshold for applying advanced design and production techniques that allow innovative and truly bespoke solutions that were previously not feasible

Make new digital technologies more accessible for health care organizations

by providing them with an easy to use digital workflow (including guidelines for measurement, design, production and finishing) dedicated to the design and production of bespoke aids

Create new collaborations

between health care organizations (hospitals, care centers, patient organizations, ...) and technological companies (software developers, 3D-print service providers, ...) by actively involving all project partners in 35 real-life cases

Educate and
involve students

by integrating the project results and tools into courses, organize workshops and makeathons involving students from different degree programs

Assist3D is a TETRA project financed by the Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO). Several innovative organizations support this project and are part of our user group. Is your company interested in joining this group of pioneers? Reach out to the project team for more information!