Final Project Definition

Project Name: The eLEGvate

Client: Walter Guminiak, Valarie Peck, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Team Members: Owen O’Brien, Aya Ibrahim, Matthew Kim, Luke Lattyak

Date: June 4th, 2022

Version 3.0

Mission Statement: Our team’s mission is to design one or more assistive devices that our primary user can independently use to raise his legs from the floor onto his bed so that he can lay comfortably rather than sit on the side of his bed.

Project Deliverables:

• Final report (website)

• Presentation for client showcase (Google Sites)

• Final prototype

Constraints:

• $100 Budget

• 10 week time frame

Users and Stakeholders:

• Marc Tinsley, user

• Marc’s mother, lives with Marc currently provides some assistance

• Marc’s caregiver, aids Marc with activities once a day

• Walter Guminiak, client and one of Marc’s physical therapists

• Valarie Peck, one of Marc’s physical therapists

User Profiles:

• Marc is a man with cerebral palsy and experiences decreased function of the left arm. After a 2016 surgery, Marc lost much of his use of his right leg and now uses a walker or wheelchair while walking. Marc experiences lower back pain as a result of his condition and this worsens when standing in a flexed position for long periods of time. He sleeps in a queen sized bed with a bed ladder and removable bed rail.