Parkinson's disease patients with normal writing pen: Arc Pen

Love unusual introduced before a Liftware shake spoon Spoon to help certain patients with diseases such as Parkinson's disease which can cause tremor independent eating now, and with other designers, they bring can make Parkinson's patients have normal writing pen, this is Arc Pen: waterproof iPhone 4s

Creative from the Lucy Jung and others, they found that handwriting of Parkinson's disease patients have a characteristic, it is small, because of the uncontrolled muscle, leading to a final written words strokes all pitched in together, illegible. Thus, in view of the above, designers to redesign the shape, turning it into some sort of wedge shape, making patients feel more likely to hold, as well as built-in vibration motors, can give patients a greater sense of control.

At present, this Arc Pen testing-18 Parkinson's patients have been invited, favorable response. And the design team is looking for a suitable partner to improve the project. Perhaps, it won't take long, even in patients with Parkinson's disease, will be able to draw as you normally write.

Following are Arc Pen team in some scenes in the design process, you can still see this model several different prototypes before the final rendering: waterproof iPhone 4

Designer: Lucy Jung, and Hwan Soo Jeon, and Tian-jia Hsieh, and Danny Waklin

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