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THE PROJECT
Team Design, 2022
GETTING ARMS TO AMPUTEES
For many people, access to prosthetic care is a major challenge. By creating international partnerships with healthcare providers, the Victoria Hand is made accessible to those that need it most.
We work to strengthen in-country clinics, integrating with them to support them. The Victoria Hand Project team provides education and training in new, high-tech tools and skillsets, improving capacity of clinics and enabling clinicians to provide new levels of care to help more people.
Clinical Partnerships
We partner with experienced, established prosthetic care providers across the globe so people in-need can receive care by trusted professionals in their own communities.
Print centers
We establish a local 3D Print Center in each country where we work, equipping it with all the tools and knowledge necessary to make 3D printed prosthetics.
technical support
We provide ongoing support for in-country partners, and implement user and clinician feedback for continual development of technology.
Direct patient care
Our certified prosthetist partners work directly with each recipient for measurements, impressions, fitting, and training on how to use their new hand.
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TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF AMPUTEES AND THEIR FAMILIES
Recipients can better confront the physical, social, and emotional challenges of daily life. They can regain independence, improve their body image, and face less stigma. A functional prosthetic arm may also help gain and retain meaningful employment, breaking a cycle of poverty. For many, it is second chance at life.
TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES ALONGSIDE TRAILBLAZING TECH
To create a Victoria Hand, our partners use a combination of traditional techniques, such as creating a plaster impression of the limb, and new technology, such as 3D scanning the impression to create a digital model. 3D printing technology, including 3D scanning and computer-aided design (CAD) software, allows local care providers to create custom prosthetics – faster, more cost-effectively, and more efficiently than ever before.
UNITED NATION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
By partnering with prosthetists around the world to establish local print centers and provide low cost Victoria Hands to those that need them most, VHP is aligning with U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.
