The Spoon Stabilizer Support is an adapted utensil for people who have difficulties with tremors when eating. It used both passive stabilization and weights to dampen the effect of hand tremors and make it easier to eat.
This device may help people with hand tremors or fine motor challenges due to essential tremors, Parkinson's disease, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, arthritis, stroke, Huntington's diesase, or spinal cord injury.
The design consists of metal cutlery that is cut to length and mounted into a 3D printable handle with some off-the-shelf hardware.
The design was created by Ian Faulkner. Supporting documentation was created by Neil Squire Society / Makers Making Change.
Makers Making Change Assistive Device Library Listing: https://www.makersmakingchange.com/s/product/spoon-stabilizer-support
This is an open-source assistive technology, so anyone is free to build it. All of the files and instructions required to build the Spoon Stablizer Support are contained within this repository. Refer to the Maker Checklist below.
If you would like to obtain a Spoon Stablizer Support, you may submit a build request through the MMC Device Library Page. The requestor is responsible for the cost of materials and any shipping.
If you have the skills and equipment to build this device, and would like to donate your time to create the switch for someone who needs it, visit the MMC Maker Wanted section.
The Makers Checklist contains the relevant steps to help build the device.
The Bill of Materials lists all of the parts and components required to build the Spoon Stablizer Support.
All of the files and individual print files can be in the /Build_Files/3D_Printing_Files folder.
Reference the Assembly Guide for the tools and steps required to build each portion.
| Document | Version | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Design Rationale | 1.0 | Spoon_Stabilizer_Support_Design_Rationale |
| Maker Checklist | 1.0 | Spoon_Stabilizer_Support_Maker_Checklist |
| Bill of Materials | 1.0 | Spoon_Stabilizer_Support_Bill_of_Materials |
| 3D Printing Guide | 1.0 | Spoon_Stabilizer_Support_3D_Printing_Guide |
| Assembly Guide | 1.0 | Spoon_Stabilizer_Support_Assembly_Guide |
| User Guide | 1.0 | Spoon_Stabilizer_Support_User_Guide |
| Changelog | 1.0 | Spoon_Stabilizer_Support_Changelog |
- The Spoon/Fork Stabilizer was designed by Ian Faulkner and made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 license.
- Documentation was created by Neil Squire Society/Makers Making Change.
The Spoon Stablizer Support design is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0
Accompanying material such as instruction manuals, videos, and other copyrightable works that are useful but not necessary to design, make, test, or prepare the Spoon Stablizer Support are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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