Neater Feeder - Duke University Design for People with Disabilities 2016

Duke University Fall 2016 senior biomedical engineering design class project.
While traumatic brain injury can result in many different symptoms, difficulty controlling body movements (a condition known as ataxia) is a very common consequence. Our client is a young adult who experiences significant ataxia in her upper extremities due to a childhood traumatic brain injury. As a result, she has trouble eating without assistance. To address this issue, we created a dampened feeding arm system called “The Neater Feeder” that helps to reduce her tremors, and allows her to eat more independently.