PDR's Medical Applications Group (MAG) has been successful in a collaborative bid with Morriston Hospital's Rehabilitation Engineering Unit in the area of assistive technologies. £15,000 of funding has been awarded by 'Devices for Dignity (D4D)' to develop an Electromyography (EMG) stand alone switch which enables severely disabled users to independently control their environment or access communication by using tiny muscle actions; sometimes their only reliable movement. Usually these switches require powerful computers but this project intends to create a switch that can work independently of other equipment.

This collaborative project adopts a multi-disciplinary approach for the design and development of a device that will improve the lives of disabled individuals. PDR provides specific expertise from its patient-specific design centre.

For more information about PDR's patient-specific design centre click here.

Futher details of the Devices for Dignity project can be found here.