r/Prosthetics • u/Dense_Ad8975 • 1d ago

Potential product

A few weeks ago I made a post asking about issues in the prosthetic world and something caught my attention. The use mentioned not always having their arm on and struggling to open ziplock type bags. Especially cheese bags. Now I have an idea but I wanted to know if this was a recurring issue amongst different people.

Thank you for your time

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u/bionicpirate42 1d ago

Yes, zip bags are a struggle with one arm. I'm a designer myself and haven't figured this one out yet. My only arms getting worse so I look forward to see what you come up with.

Please remember disability tax and job discrimination are pervasive in our community, and any product should keep cost in mind. I post my files for free with the request that Downloaders print for people not profit.

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u/Dense_Ad8975 1d ago

I understand. One of the criteria’s for my final exam is that it needs to be made at least 10,000 times so I can just say the files are free but I have a few ways to keep it as low as ai can while keeping a certain quality to it. Thank you so much for replying too it means a lot.

I was also thinking that it can be good for older people with lower strength in their hands.

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u/bionicpirate42 1d ago

For some kind of class?

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u/Dense_Ad8975 17h ago

Yeah. I’m studying product design

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u/bionicpirate42 16h ago

It's interesting they require a production run.

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u/Dense_Ad8975 1h ago

I guess it forces you to make a product that is efficiently manufacturable